Single Idea 21807

[catalogued under 18. Thought / C. Content / 2. Ideas]

Full Idea

Spinoza conceives of ideas as intrinsically powerful entities, which have a capacity to produce further ideas.

Gist of Idea

Ideas are powerful entities, which can produce further ideas

Source

report of Baruch de Spinoza (The Ethics [1675]) by Stephan Schmid - Faculties in Early Modern Philosophy 6

Book Reference

'The Faculties: a history', ed/tr. Perler,Dominic [OUP 2015], p.197


A Reaction

Is the idea the source of the entire philosophy of Hegel? I find Hegel's claim to infer huge chains of ideas from very simple origins quite implausible. I also rather doubt whether a wholly isolated idea can produce a further idea.