“ 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.
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”
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