
Baruch Spinoza’s ”Ethics” (Part 2/5)
Theory & Philosophy
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The Human Mind Grows as It Experiences Things
The human mind responds to and grows with the perception that must be experienced by the body. We change our capacity for thought, depending on what we're thinking about. If I tie my shoes, the type of thought that I am employing in moving my fingers in such a way is going to be very different than when I'm reading Spinosa. So if we accept this, then we know that the idea that constitutes the mind is the body. But because the body is comprised of many parts, so too is the idea that composed of parts.
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