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.