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Baruch Spinoza
Short Treatise on God, Man, and His Well-Being, French Manifestation Section section-0118
Section 118 of 122
Canonical reference section-0118
French
Émile Saisset or Paul Janet
Si nous voulons aller plus loin, et attribuer à l’essence de l’âme ce par quoi elle peut être réellement, on ne trouvera rien autre chose que l’attribut de pensée et l’objet ; or, ni l’un ni l’autre n’appartiennent à l’essence de l’âme ; car, d’une part, l’objet n’a rien de commun avec la pensée et se distingue réellement de l’âme ; de l’autre, quant à l’attribut (c’est-à-dire la pensée), nous avons déjà démontré qu’il ne peut appartenir à l’essence de l’esprit, ce qui du reste deviendra plus évident encore après ce que nous venons de dire ; car l’attribut, comme attribut, n’est pas uni à son objet, puisqu’il ne peut ni changer ni être détruit, quand même l’objet serait changé et détruit [ 3 ] .
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
If we wish to go further and attribute to the essence of the soul that through which it can be real, we shall find nothing other than the attribute of thought and the object. Now, neither belongs to the essence of the soul; for, on the one hand, the object has nothing in common with thought and is really distinct from the soul; on the other hand, as for the attribute (that is, thought), we have already demonstrated that it cannot belong to the essence of the mind, which will moreover become still more evident after what we have just said. For the attribute, as attribute, is not united with its object, since it can neither change nor be destroyed, even if the object were changed and destroyed [3].
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