Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy (2nd meditation) In the 2nd Meditation, Descartes attempts to determine what he is. Why does he reject the claim that he is a man? What, instead, does he think he is? Why?

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Prompt of essay: In the 2nd Meditation, Descartes attempts to determine what he is. Why does he reject the claim that he is a man? What, instead, does he think he is? Why?

the question is about the second meditation

The book that you have to answer this question is:
René Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy: With Selections from the Objections and Replies, Cottingham (trans.), Cambridge University Press