Descartes decides to take a piece of wax and examines it. He examines the essential qualities of the wax for to see what to smell is the texture, the shape, and its color. This is something as simple as learning how to use one sense to examine objects. So, when he melts the wax it changes the physical state of the wax. Descartes discussion with the piece of wax becomes to the realization of that the wax can change. After melting the wax, the substance does not keep the same qualities in which he before considered. Descartes asks the question “Does the same wax remain after this change?...” He answers with “…We must confess that it remains; none would judge otherwise. What then did I know so distinctly in this piece of wax? It could certainly
