Who said, "[T]here is a great difference between mind and body, inasmuch as body is by nature always divisible, and the mind is entirely indivisible."

A. John Locke.
B. Rene Descartes.
C. Gilbert Ryle.
D. Hilary Putnam.


Answer: B

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