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Full Idea
The will and the intellect are one and the same.
Gist of Idea
Will and intellect are the same thing
Source
Baruch de Spinoza (The Ethics [1675], II Pr 49)
Book Ref
Spinoza,Benedict de: 'Ethics', ed/tr. White,WH/Stirling,AH [Wordsworth 2001], p.89
Related Ideas
Idea 17196 The will is not a desire, but the faculty of affirming what is true or false [Spinoza]
Idea 17201 The will is finite, but the intellect is infinite [Spinoza]