Indivisibility Argument

Introduction
This is an argument for Substance Dualism put forward by Descartes to demonstrate the separation between the physical and mental aspects of the body, using Leibniz's Law to suggest that they cannot be the same thing.

Breakdown
Premise 1: My mind is indivisible.

Premise 2: My body is divisible.

Conclusion: Thus, my mind is not my body.

Basically...
One of the ways Descartes kind of ultimately misuses Leibniz's Law of The Identity of Indiscernibles, or more simply ' Leibniz's Law' in showing that mind and body are two separate and distinct things by demonstrating that they do not possess the same properties. You can imagine that your body can be divided, heck if you're careless, you don't have to imagine. The mind, on the other hand is a bit more tricky, you can't really imagine being half of yourself (your mind), or a quarter, for example, so they cannot be one and the same.

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