| Meaning | Res extensa are extended things, that is: thing of corporeal (bodily) nature. Concerns things (res) that have a weight and a position, as opposed to thoughts, that haven't. Extended things are in the attribute of extension (attributus extensionis), inspired on cartesian corpuscular physics. The human mind perceives things (res, modi) of two attributes: attributus extensionis and cogitationis. The crucial proposition {2p07} claims that the structure (ordo et connexio) of these two attributes is the same. More introductory notes: Getting Started Reading Content. Technical details: Appendix to pp1p02 res concerning {2p07}. |
| Mantras [what is] | res extensa = modus extensionis |
| Related concepts | cogitatio, res extensa = modus extensionis = corpus |
| Occurrence | [geomap] Densely occurs in 1p15s, then defines corpus in {2d01} |
| 2p07s substantia cogitans et substantia extensa una ... res sense 3: res-substantia ... | |
| ...a mode of extension and the idea of that mode are one and the same thing, though expressed in two ways. | ...modus extensionis et idea illius modi una eademque est res sed duobus modis expressa |
| Equivalence claims involving extensio | ||
| {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 |
| {2p02} | 1. Extension is an attribute of God 2. God is an extended thing | 1. Extensio attributum Dei est 2. Deus est res extensa. |