Full Idea
The human mind is the very idea or knowledge of the human body.
Gist of Idea
The human mind is the very idea or knowledge of the human body
Source
Baruch de Spinoza (The Ethics [1675], II Pr 19)
Book Reference
Spinoza,Benedict de: 'Ethics, Improvement of Understanding, Letters', ed/tr. Elwes,R [Dover 1955], p.101
A Reaction
This is close to Aristotle's claim that the 'psuché' is the 'form' of the body. Spinoza is appealingly modern in his view. The mapping of the body (our prioprioceptic sense) strikes me as central to the nature of the mind.