- I say indefinite, because it cannot be
determined through the existence itself of the existing
thing, or by its efficient cause, which necessarily gives
the existence of the thing, but does not take it away.
[D.VI] Reality and perfection I use as synonymous terms.
[D.VII] By particular things, I mean things which are finite and
have a conditioned existence; but if several individual
things concur in one action, so as to be all simultaneously
the effect of one cause, I consider them all, so far, as one
particular thing.
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[AXIOMS]
[A.I] The essence of man does not involve necessary existence,
that is, it may, in the order of nature, come to pass that
this or that man does or does not exist.
[A.II] Man thinks.
[A.III] Modes of thinking, such as love, desire, or any other of
the passions, do not take place, unless there be in the
same individual an idea of the thing loved, desired, &c.
But the idea can exist without the presence of any other
mode of thinking.
[A.IV] We perceive that a certain body is affected in many ways.
[A.V] We feel and perceive no particular things, save bodies and
modes of thought.
[POSTULATES]
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[PROPOSITIONS]
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