V-XIV. The mind can bring it about, that all bodily modifications or images of things may be referred to the idea of God.

The EthicsBenedict de Spinoza

PROP. XIV. The mind can bring it about, that all bodily modifications or images of things may be referred to the idea of God.

Proof.—There is no modification of the body, whereof the mind may not form some clear and distinct conception (V. iv.); wherefore it can bring it about, that they should all be referred to the idea of God (I. xv.). Q.E.D.



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