Monday, May 24, 2021

Spinoza's Ethics: II.P14

Mens humana apta est ad plurima percipiendum et eo aptior quo ejus corpus pluribus modis disponi potest.

Translated as,

The human mind is suitable for perceiving more things and where it is more suitable there its body is able to be arranged in more ways.

DEMONSTRATIO: Corpus enim humanum (per postulata 3 et 6) plurimis modis a corporibus externis afficitur disponiturque ad corpora externa plurimis modis afficiendum. At omnia quæ in corpore humano contingunt (per propositionem 12 hujus) mens humana percipere debet; est ergo mens humana apta ad plurima percipiendum et eo aptior etc. Q.E.D.

Translated as,

For the human body (by postulates 3 and 6) is affected in more ways by external bodies and is arrranged for affecting external bodies in more ways. But everything which touches on the human body (by IIP12) the human mind ought to perceive; thus the human mind is suitable for perceiving more things and where it is more suitable etc.

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