Thursday, May 27, 2021

Spinoza's Ethics: II.P15

Idea quæ esse formale humanæ mentis constituit non est simplex sed ex plurimis ideis composita.

Translated as,

The idea which constitutes the formal essence of the human mind is not simple but composed of more ideas.

DEMONSTRATIO: Idea quæ esse formale humanæ mentis constituit, est idea corporis (per propositionem 13 hujus) quod (per postulatum 1) ex plurimis valde compositis individuis componitur. At cujuscunque individui corpus componentis datur necessario (per corollarium propositionis 8 hujus) in Deo idea; ergo (per propositionem 7 hujus) idea corporis humani ex plurimis hisce partium componentium ideis est composita. Q.E.D.

Translated as,

The idea which constitutes the formal essence of the human mind is the idea of the body (by IIP13) which (by postulate 1) is composed of individual parts composed of even more individual parts. But the body of whatever individual exists by necessity by components (by IIP8C) in God by idea; therefore (by IIP7) the idea of the human body is composed of more ideas of component parts.

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