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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2025

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Olli Koistinen
Edited by
Karolina Hübner  and
Justin Steinberg
Karolina Hübner
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
Justin Steinberg
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
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Summary

Spinoza defines idea in E2def3: “By idea [ideam] I understand a concept of the mind which the mind forms because it is a thinking thing.” Spinoza explains the use of “concept” (conceptum) as follows: “I say concept rather than perception, because the word perception seems to indicate that the mind is acted on by the object. But concept seems to express an action of the mind” (E1def3exp).

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The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon , pp. 243 - 247
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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Bennett, J. (1984). A Study of Spinoza’s Ethics. Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar
Curley, E. (1975). Descartes, Spinoza, and the ethics of belief. In Mandelbaum, M. and Freeman, E. (eds.), Spinoza: Essays in Interpretation (pp. 159–90). Open Court.Google Scholar
Della Rocca, M. (2003). The power of an idea: Spinoza’s critique of pure will. Noûs, 37, 200–31.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hübner, K. (2019). Spinoza on intentionality, materialism, and mind-body relations. Philosophers’ Imprint, 19(43), 1–23. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/phimp/3521354.0019.043Google Scholar
Koistinen, O. (2017). Spinoza on mind. In Rocca, M. Della (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Spinoza (pp. 273–94). Oxford University Press.Google Scholar

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  • Idea
  • Edited by Karolina Hübner, Cornell University, New York, Justin Steinberg, Cornell University, New York
  • Book: The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon
  • Online publication: 09 January 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108992459.090
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  • Edited by Karolina Hübner, Cornell University, New York, Justin Steinberg, Cornell University, New York
  • Book: The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108992459.090
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  • Idea
  • Edited by Karolina Hübner, Cornell University, New York, Justin Steinberg, Cornell University, New York
  • Book: The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon
  • Online publication: 09 January 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108992459.090
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