| Meaning | Consider as... Abstracting from part of the known properties and capacities of a thing. |
| Mantras [what is] | quatenus...consideratus, modus/res quatenus substantia ( = Deo = natura-sense 2) ad existendum et aliquid operandum determinati (determinata ratione) consideratur |
| Related concepts | Quatenus. All other types of cogitatio-operatio, including will and all emotions |
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Occurrence |
| {1p05 in rerum natura} ...substance in se considerata explained as vere considerata, excluding, in thought, the affectiones... | |
| ... setting the modifications [Lat: affectiones] aside, and considering substance in itself, that is truly, (Deff. iii. and [axiom BH] vi.), there cannot be conceived one substance different from another... | ...substantia...depositis ergo affectionibus et in se considerata hoc est (per definitionem 3 {1d03} et axioma 6 {1a06}) vere considerata, non poterit concipi ab alia distingui ... |
| {1p23 modus infinitus absoluta} ...considering a modus absolutely (not under the viewpoint of duratio)... | |
| ...If therefore a mode is conceived as necessarily existing and infinite, it must necessarily be inferred or perceived through some attribute of God, in so far as such attribute is conceived as expressing the infinity and necessity of existence, in other words ...eternity; that is, in so far as it is considered absolutely... | ...Si ergo modus concipitur necessario existere et infinitus esse, utrumque hoc debet necessario concludi sive [excl non-exh] percipi per aliquod Dei attributum quatenus idem concipitur infinitatem et necessitatem existentiae sive [prf-eqv] (quod per definitionem 8 idem est) aeternitatem exprimere hoc est ... quatenus absolute consideratur... |
| {2d07 (res) singularis, particularis} ...I consider... | |
| ...By particular things, I mean things which are finite and have a conditioned existence; but if several individual things concur in one action, so as to be all simultaneously the effect of one cause, I consider them all, so far, as one particular thing. | ...Per res singulares intelligo res quae finitae sunt et determinatam habent existentiam. Quod si plura individua in una actione ita concurrant ut omnia simul unius effectus sint causa, eadem omnia eatenus ut unam rem singularem considero. |
| Equivalence claims involving considerare, consideratio | ||
| {2d01} [notes] | 1. body 2. a mode which expresses in a certain determinate manner the essence of God, in so far as he is considered as an extended thing. | 1. corpus 2. modum qui Dei essentiam quatenus ut res extensa consideratur, certo et determinato modo exprimit |
| {2d04} [notes] | 1. adequate idea 2. an idea which, in so far as it is considered in itself, without relation to the object, has all the properties or intrinsic marks of a true idea. | 1. [ideam] adaequatam 2. [ideam] quae quatenus in se sine relatione ad objectum consideratur, omnes verae ideae proprietates sive [mng eqv] denominationes intrinsecas habet. |
| {2d07} [notes] | 1. particular things 2. things which are finite and have a conditioned existence; but if several individual things concur in one action, so as to be all simultaneously the effect of one cause, I consider them all, so far, as one particular thing. | 1. [res] singulares 2. [res] quae finitae sunt et determinatam habent existentiam. Quod si plura individua in una actione ita concurrant ut omnia simul unius effectus sint causa, eadem omnia eatenus ut unam rem singularem considero. |
| {2p09} | [about
ideas as
causes] 1. Another idea 2. God in as far he is considered affected by another idea |
[De ideis quatenus causis] 1. alia idea 2. Deus quatenus alia idea affectus consideratur |
| {2p19} | [About the human body] 1. in so far as he is regarded as affected by another idea of a particular thing actually existing 2. inasmuch as the human body stands in need of very many bodies | [De corpori humane] 1. quatenus alia rei singularis idea affectus consideratur 2. quatenus plurimis corporibus indiget |
| {4p61} | 1. human nature considered in itself alone would be able to exceed itself 2. would be able to do more than it can | 1. posset ergo humana natura in se sola considerata se ipsam excedere 2. plus posset quam potest |