Descartes' own conservation principle tracks scalar quantity of motion, not intrinsic rest-states, so the alleged ontological difference is causally idle within his dynamical framework.

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Causally idle(in philosophy of science and metaphysics): Something that exists but doesn't actually cause or change anything in the physical world; it's like a broken switch that doesn't affect whether the light turns on.
Conservation principle(in physics and philosophy of science): A rule stating that something important stays the same or doesn't disappear in a system—in this case, Descartes believed a certain quantity related to motion is always conserved (kept constant) in the physical world.
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.
Dynamical framework(In physics and philosophy, this refers to a particular model or theory for explaining how physical systems behave)

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