“ The human mind cannot be absolutely destroyed with the body, but there remains of it something which is eternal. ”
Baruch Spinoza, Ethics (1677). copy citation
| Author | Baruch Spinoza |
|---|---|
| Source | Ethics |
| Topic | body mind |
| Date | 1677 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by R. H. M. Elwes |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3800/3800-h/3800-h.htm |
Context
“This essence, therefore, must necessarily be conceived through the very essence of God (I. Ax. iv.) , and be thus conceived by a certain eternal necessity (I. xvi.) ; and this conception must necessarily exist in God (II. iii.) . Q.E.D.
PROP. XXIII. The human mind cannot be absolutely destroyed with the body, but there remains of it something which is eternal.
xiii.) . viii. Proof.—There is necessarily in God a concept or idea, which expresses the essence of the human body (last Prop.) , which, therefore, is necessarily something appertaining to the essence of the human mind (II.” source
PROP. XXIII. The human mind cannot be absolutely destroyed with the body, but there remains of it something which is eternal.
xiii.) . viii. Proof.—There is necessarily in God a concept or idea, which expresses the essence of the human body (last Prop.) , which, therefore, is necessarily something appertaining to the essence of the human mind (II.” source
