John Locke is quite the philosopher and his thoughts in complete contradiction to Descartes'. In fact, it seems that Locke is easily able to find issues in Descartes logic and solve those issues through the use of his own logic. However, during this process, Locke uses a strange analogy of a soul swapping between two people, Castor and Pollux. He uses this analogy in order to disprove Descartes' argument that people are no more than a substance. Because if as a thinking thing your soul is connected to your body then as cells die and atoms slowly deteriorate then so would the soul. Also, no one is a constantly thinking thing because what would the purpose be of thinking in your sleep if you cannot remember what you thought? At the same time, I would like to challenge Lock in saying that what would the purpose be of the soul leaving the body to think for someone else? The soul gets no benefit from helping another body. Also, where is the soul of the body that my soul is thinking for? For me, I say that man is no different wheather awake or asleep except merely that his soul is focusing on things other than thinking.
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