What statement best describes the philosophy of René Descartes?
{ =It stressed a separation of mind and matter.
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~It stressed a holistic universe of mind and matter devoid of a creator-God.
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~It saw the material world as a living thing containing the human essence.
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~It would not have a wide influence upon Western thought until the nineteenth century.
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~It was condemned by the government of the Dutch Republic.
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