The notion of dualism as proposed by descartes stated that

According to Descartes theory of dualism, the human mind or soul is separate from the physical body, and they both merely interact together. This is also known as the "mind-body dualism". While the physical body is made up of separate parts that can be removed (if one loses a limb), the soul is non-physical, and cannot be separated into different parts. Descartes further claims that since the soul is separate from the body, it still exists after the body perishes.