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Full Idea
The foundations of reason are notions which explain those things which are common to all, and these things explain the essence of no individual thing, and must therefore be conceived without any relation to time, but under a certain form of eternity.
Gist of Idea
Reason only explains what is universal, so it is timeless, under a certain form of eternity
Source
Baruch de Spinoza (The Ethics [1675], II Pr 44)
Book Ref
Spinoza,Benedict de: 'Ethics', ed/tr. White,WH/Stirling,AH [Wordsworth 2001], p.84
A Reaction
You have to be totally inspired by this even if you totally disagree with it.
| 350 | In investigation the body leads us astray, but the soul gets a clear view of the facts [Plato] |
| 17194 | Reason only explains what is universal, so it is timeless, under a certain form of eternity [Spinoza] |
| 4840 | Reason perceives things under a certain form of eternity [Spinoza] |
| 19335 | Reasonings have a natural ordering in God's understanding, but only a temporal order in ours [Leibniz] |
| 5578 | Pure reason deals with concepts in the understanding, not with objects [Kant] |
| 5603 | Pure reason exists outside of time [Kant] |
| 5616 | Pure reason is only concerned with itself because it deals with understandings, not objects [Kant] |
| 5628 | Reason hates to be limited in its speculations [Kant] |
| 21054 | Reason enables the unbounded extension of our rules and intentions [Kant] |
| 22081 | Let thought follow its own course, and don't interfere [Hegel] |
| 10804 | Thoughts have a natural order, to which human thinking is drawn [Frege, by Yablo] |
| 8251 | The logical space of reasons is a natural phenomenon, and it is the realm of freedom [McDowell] |
| 3651 | Perceiving necessary connections is the essence of reasoning [Bonjour] |