Descartes begins by trying to simplify his point by using a more basic example of a body to better illustrate his idea. In this case he used the example of wax extracted from a honeycomb. He begins his description of the wax by mentioning different characteristics and attributes of it, such as its color, smell, and characteristics inherited from its basis. He then goes to explain that when heated the wax losses most of these …showed first 75 words of 681 total…

…showed last 75 words of 681 total…truth when we look beyond our physical senses and interpret things as we see it with our mind and with common sense regarding things that are more common. Because of this humans and animals have a large distinction based on Descartes’ ideas due to the fact that humans are better aware of the nature of certain bodies and they do not base judgments on what is seen but on what is thought to be seen.