iii] ), whereby the parts of the
human body, and, consequently, the human body as a whole are affected.
(28:2) But (by [xxiv] , [xxv] , the adequate knowledge of external bodies,
as also of the parts composing the human body, is not in God, in so far
as he is regarded as affected by the human mind, but in so far as he is
regarded as affected by other ideas. (28:3) These ideas of modifications,
in so far as they are referred to the human mind alone, are as consequences
without premisses, in other words, confused ideas. Q.E.D.
Note.- (28:4) The idea which constitutes the nature of the human mind is,
in the same manner, proved not to be, when considered in itself alone,
clear and distinct; as also is the case with the idea of the human mind,
and the ideas of the ideas of the modifications of the human body, in
so far as they are referred to the mind only, as everyone may easily see.
Prop.[XXIX] The idea of the idea of each modification of the
human body does not involve an adequate knowledge
of the human mind.
Proof.- (29:1) The idea of a modification of the human body (xxvii] ) does
not involve an adequate knowledge of the said body, in other words, does
not adequately express its nature; that is ([xiii] .) it does not agree
with the nature of the mind adequately; therefore ([A.vi] ) the idea of
this idea does not adequately express the nature of the human mind, or
does not involve an adequate knowledge thereof.
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