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Single Idea 4816

[catalogued under 3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth]

Full Idea

A true idea must correspond with its ideate or object.

Gist of Idea

A true idea must correspond with its ideate or object

Source

Baruch de Spinoza (The Ethics [1675], I Ax 6)

Book Reference

Spinoza,Benedict de: 'Ethics, Improvement of Understanding, Letters', ed/tr. Elwes,R [Dover 1955], p.46


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.