Levels of Reality
Descartes proposed the Level of Reality, This hierarchy is based on the perfection of the Ideas in their own.
Objective reality - is the reality that something has as ideas or representation, or reality that an idea or representation exist.
Formal Reality or actual reality - are the reality that is actual and not just represent.
Eminent reality - is the reality of an idea that is not active but has a potential for its actuality (to formal Reality).
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