Essence involves existence
A thing is called finite after its kind, when it can be limited by another thing of the same nature ; for instance, a body is called finite because we always conceive another greater body. So, also, a thought is limited by another thought, but a body is not limited by thought, nor a thought by body.
{ Spinoza, The Ethics, published posthumously in 1677 | Continue reading }
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