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Hence it follows,
that the human mind
is part of the infinite
intellect of God;
thus when we say, that
the human mind perceives this or that,
we make the assertion, that
God has this or that idea,
not in so far as he is infinite,
but
in so far as he is
displayed through the nature of the human mind,
or in so far as
he constitutes the essence
of the human mind;
and when we say that
God has this or that idea,
not only in so far as
he constitutes the essence of the human mind,
but also in so far as
he, simultaneously with the human mind,
has the further idea of another thing,
we assert that
the human mind perceives a thing
in part or inadequately.
--- Spinoza, The Ethics. Part II, Prop XI, Corollary.
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