mind and matter as dimensions
expressions of the one substance
we see this in human beings - and other entities -
by inference
what empirical reasons do we have to believe that
this arrangement is universal?
I have argued that mind is
an internal dimension of the entity
the human being as an entity - knows - this dimension
of itself
(this dimension - is self)
clear enough
but how can it possibly know this - outside of itself -
that is in empirical terms?
to suggest that it does - and that this attribute
(or as I say dimension) exists in all things -
is this not a form of the final cause - the anthropomorphism
that Spinoza was so keen to debunk?
a second point I want to make
Spinoza's view is that the entity can be read as either
mind or extension -
i.e. - that a complete explanation can be given -
in either attribute
I say to this -
the mind can be a complete - is - a complete explanation
of the inside - of an entity
of that dimension
a physical explanation - a complete account of the outside
of that - dimension
but as regards the entity in toto -
there is no one account -
there cannot be one account
there is no one overriding perspective
only the possibility of attributive accounts -
in Spinoza's terms - no substance - no substantial account?
aspects - we can detail -
but this is all
Spinoza - to solve this problem -
argues for 'sub specie aeternitatis'
the perspective of eternity
this is not a perspective we have access to -
and the idea of it?
it is an abstraction from attributes
an abstraction
that is more in the line of imagination than science
we cannot step outside of space / time and hold -
reality as an object of thought or perception
to suggest such is to engage - in a cosmological absurdity
