Thanks. To clear some things up:
So we have free will and that is absolute but because free will is unbounded (as oppossed to the intellect which is bounded) we frequently assent to unreasoned judgements and thus fall into error?
So for Descartes the essence of the self is thinking. Thinking propels us towards truth.
Our free will is unbounded when we exercise judgement based on rationally derived truths. In other words the highest grade of free will occurs when we are basing our decisions on reason alone. Is...