 | John Watts - 1857 - 210 pagina’s
...causes, it will be difficult to admit the demonstration of Prop. 7, because they do not sufficiently distinguish between the modifications of substances,...the manner in which things are produced. Hence it follows, that the commencement which they see natural things have, they attribute to substances; for... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1857 - 482 pagina’s
...they do not sufficiently distinguish between the modifications of Substance, and Substance itself, and are ignorant of the manner in which things are produced. Hence it follows, that seeing natural things have a commencement, they attribute a commencement to Substances... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1871 - 798 pagina’s
...because they do not sufficiently distinguish between the modifications of Substance and Substance itself, and are ignorant of the manner in which things are produced. Hence it follows that, seeing natural things have a commencement, they attribute a commencement to Substances... | |
 | Benedictus de Spinoza - 1891 - 470 pagina’s
...of Prop. vii.: for such persons make no distinction between the modifications of substances and the substances themselves, and are ignorant of the manner in which things are produced; hence they attribute to substances the beginning which they observe in natural objects. Those who are ignorant... | |
 | Benedictus de Spinoza - 1901 - 478 pagina’s
...of Prop, vii.: for such persons make no distinction between the modifications of substances and the substances themselves, and are ignorant of the manner in which things are produced; hence they attribute to substances the beginning which they observe in natural objects. Those who are ignorant... | |
 | Oliver Joseph Thatcher - 1907 - 484 pagina’s
...of Prop. vii. : for such persons make no distinction between the modifications of substances and the substances themselves, and are ignorant of the manner in which things are produced ; hence they attribute to substances the beginning which they observe in natural objects. Those who are ignorant... | |
 | Thomas Vernor Smith, Marjorie Grene - 1956 - 488 pagina’s
...be the cause of itself, that is to say (Def. 1), its essence necessarily involves existence, or in in other words it pertains to its nature to exist....are ignorant of the true causes of things confound every thing, and without any mental repugnance represent trees speaking like men, or imagine that men... | |
 | Oliver J. Thatcher - 2004 - 466 pagina’s
...of Prop. vii. : for such persons make no distinction between the modifications of substances and the substances themselves, and are ignorant of the manner in which things are produced ; hence they attribute to substances the beginning which they observe in natural objects. Those who are ignorant... | |
 | Benedict de Spinoza - 2006 - 465 pagina’s
...of Prop. vii.: for such persons make no distinction between the modifications of substances and the substances themselves, and are ignorant of the manner in which things are produced; hence they attribute to substances the beginning which they observe in natural objects. Those who are ignorant... | |
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Since finiteness is in truth partly negation, and infinitude absolute affirmation of existence of some kind, it follows from Prop. 7 alone that all substance must be infinite. Schol. 2. — I fully expect that those who judge things confusedly, and who... 