 The third problem raised by Cordemoy concerns a body which has its different parts in motion in different directions, such as a tree and its branches being blown in the wind. According to Descartes’ own definition of a physical individual, we would seem to have a problem, since the different parts are changing differently with respect to the other individuals which would be considered its neighbors. In such cases, it would seem to “follow that when neighboring bodies push it in different spots along opposing lines, they will divide it in as many ways as it is pushed” (ibid.). As with the second complaint, this violates the clear idea we have of the object as one thing. And as before, Cordemoy notes that no such problem arises for his atomism.