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- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon
- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Using this Lexicon
- Abbreviations
- A
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- F
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- 139. Panpsychism
- 140. Pantheism Controversy
- 141. Parallelism
- 142. Parts and Wholes
- 143. Pérez, Antonio (1540–1611)
- 144. Perfection
- 145. Personal Identity
- 146. Physics
- 147. Piety
- 148. Political Treatise
- 149. Power
- 150. Prejudice
- 151. Pride and Humility
- 152. Principle of Sufficient Reason
- 153. Prophecy
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- Bibliography
- Index of Cross-References
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141. - Parallelism
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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
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- 139. Panpsychism
- 140. Pantheism Controversy
- 141. Parallelism
- 142. Parts and Wholes
- 143. Pérez, Antonio (1540–1611)
- 144. Perfection
- 145. Personal Identity
- 146. Physics
- 147. Piety
- 148. Political Treatise
- 149. Power
- 150. Prejudice
- 151. Pride and Humility
- 152. Principle of Sufficient Reason
- 153. Prophecy
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Bibliography
- Index of Cross-References
- References
Summary
The term ‘parallelism’ is used by commentators to describe Spinoza’s conception of relation between ideas and things, or between the modes of different attributes. It refers to E2p7, which establishes that “the order and connection of ideas is the same [idem est] as the order and connection of things.” The doctrine of parallelism, whose explicit paternity lies with Leibniz (Considerations on the Doctrine of a Universal Spirit, 122–23), is often presented as expressing Spinoza’s thinking, although it was imported retrospectively into his system, where, arguably, technically, it does not appear.
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- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon , pp. 406 - 411Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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