Book contents
- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon
- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Using this Lexicon
- Abbreviations
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- 90. Idea
- 91. Idealist Readings
- 92. Ideas of Ideas
- 93. Imagination
- 94. Imitation of Affects
- 95. Immanence
- 96. Individual
- 97. Infinite Intellect and Intellection
- 98. Infinite Modes
- 99. Infinity and Finitude
- 100. Inherence
- 101. Intuition
- 102. Involvement
- 103. Islam
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
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- R
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- V
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- Bibliography
- Index of Cross-References
- References
101. - Intuition
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 January 2025
Book contents
- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon
- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Using this Lexicon
- Abbreviations
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- 90. Idea
- 91. Idealist Readings
- 92. Ideas of Ideas
- 93. Imagination
- 94. Imitation of Affects
- 95. Immanence
- 96. Individual
- 97. Infinite Intellect and Intellection
- 98. Infinite Modes
- 99. Infinity and Finitude
- 100. Inherence
- 101. Intuition
- 102. Involvement
- 103. Islam
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Bibliography
- Index of Cross-References
- References
Summary
In each of the taxonomies of cognition found throughout Spinoza’s corpus, there is a kind of cognition that is (1) inerrant (TIE[29], KV2.1) or necessarily true (E2p41), (2) a cognition of an essence (TIE[29], E2p40s2) or of the “thing itself” (KV2.2), and (3) a cognition that is intuitive in the sense that it does not require that one work through any demonstrations or practice any “art of reasoning” (KV1.1, TIE[24], E2p40s2).
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- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon , pp. 280 - 283Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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