Descartes explicitly distinguishes what is 'morally impossible' or merely practically inconceivable from what is metaphysically impossible in his correspondence with More (AT V 272).

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AT V 272(academic reference to the original text): A reference code pointing to a specific page and volume in a published collection of Descartes' writings—like a citation so you can find the exact source.
Correspondence(in philosophy of logic): The idea that something (like a proof) has a specific meaning or identity that matches up with something else in a precise way.
Descartes: # Descartes René Descartes was a French philosopher and mathematician from the 1600s who fundamentally changed how people think about knowledge and the mind. He's famous for the idea "I think, therefore I am" (cogito ergo sum), which means that the very fact that you can think proves you exist—a foundation for modern philosophy. He also invented the coordinate system used in mathematics (the x and y axes on a graph), which connects geometry and algebra in practical ways we still use today.
Metaphysically impossible(as used in metaphysics): Something that cannot exist or happen in the deepest reality, no matter what—not just practically impossible but impossible by the very nature of how reality works.

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