Idea

The Mind-Body Problem

How does thought move matter? Descartes split the world in two and Elisabeth of Bohemia asked the question that put it back together.

Thinkers Who Shaped This Idea

Classical India· 600 BCE–550 CE

Vasubandhu

c. 320 CE – c. 400 CE

Early Modern· 1561–1716 CE

Descartes

1596 CE – 1650 CE

Elisabeth of Bohemia

1618 CE – 1680 CE

Margaret Cavendish

1623 CE – 1673 CE

Anne Conway

1631 CE – 1679 CE

Spinoza

1632 CE – 1677 CE

George Berkeley

1685 CE – 1753 CE