Proof.- (2:1) All modes of thinking have for their cause God, by virtue
of his being a thinking thing, and not by, virtue of his being displayed
under any, other attribute (II:[vi] ). (2) That, therefore, which
determines the mind to thought is a mode of thought, and not a mode of
extension; that is (II:[D.i] ), it is not body. (3) This was our first
point. (2:4) Again, the motion and rest of a body, must arise from another
body, which has also been determined to a state of motion or rest by a
third body, and absolutely, everything which takes place in a body, must
spring from God, in so far as he is regarded as affected by some mode of
extension, and not by some mode of thought (II:[vi] ); that is, it cannot
spring from the mind, which is a mode of thought. (5) This was our
second point. (6) Therefore body cannot determine mind, &c. Q.E.D.
Note.- (2:7) This is made more clear by what was said in the note to
II:[vii] , namely, that mind and body are one and the same thing,
conceived first under the attribute of thought, secondly, under the
attribute of extension. (8) Thus it follows that the order or
concatenation of things is identical, whether nature be conceived
under the one attribute or the other; consequently the order of
states of activity and passivity in our body is simultaneous in
nature with the order of states of activity and passivity in the
mind.
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