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Ideas for Reiss,J/Spreger,J, Baruch de Spinoza and Shaughan Lavine

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3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth
A true idea must correspond with its ideate or object [Spinoza]
     Full Idea: A true idea must correspond with its ideate or object.
     From: Baruch de Spinoza (The Ethics [1675], I Ax 6)
     A reaction: Allowing for his usage of 'idea' and 'object', this seems to be a straightforward commitment to the modern correspondence theory, perhaps the earliest clear statement of it. I agree with him.