the mind is the idea of the body
but the mind must also be the idea of itself
how can this be for Spinoza?
the point is consciousness is aware of itself
where is self-awareness in Spinoza?
the idea of the idea (of the mind) -
does Spinoza recognize this?
self-consciousness
does he account for it?
what does he say here?
surely mind is the idea of itself?
the mind holding itself as object
is what?
the mind cannot regard itself from the outside
there is no outside
can the mind see itself from the inside?
what does this mean?
what is reflection - if that's what this is?
can we say - mind is the capacity
mind reflects -
on the body
on the world -
on itself
what is reflection then?
a function?
if so - a function of what?
is it that we recognize reflection
in the act of - reflection?
this is as it were a logical description of what?
an act -
beyond this
where can you go?
any account is just - reflection
so - the action of the mind is
the fundamental - the function -
is what?
closed -
reflection cannot be - further analyzed -
we can describe what the mind does
- and this description is what the mind does -
we can never get out of reflection
we cannot explain the mind - further
we can only -
do what the mind does -
the mind is this act
this act - is unanalyzable -
or the analysis is final
the analysis cannot be further elucidated
we cannot see outside of this
we can only describe the inside - of the mind -
and what this tells us is that the mind is this inside -
the inside
reflectivity - the mind is
just this - fundamental - dimension
a dimension - the act of which is reflection -
there is no external view of the mind -
it is just this function - this internal act
the world - the outside - does not reflect
it is reflected on
the physical world is the ground of reflection -
mind is the act of reflection
body is the object of reflection
the primary object
primary reflection can be the subject of reflection
secondary reflection is the mind reflecting on itself -
on its (primary) reflection
the mind is limitless in its reflective capacity
reflection in a logical sense is without bounds -
however - this said - always it's primary object -
is the physical world
the outside of mind
the non-reflective surface
