All Axioms (15 Total)
Part I (7 Axioms)
- Part I Axiom 1 - Everything in itself or in another
- Part I Axiom 2 - What not conceived through another conceived through itself
- Part I Axiom 3 - From determinate cause, effect follows necessarily
- Part I Axiom 4 - Knowledge of effect depends on cause
- Part I Axiom 5 - Things with nothing in common can’t understand each other
- Part I Axiom 6 - True idea agrees with object
- Part I Axiom 7 - If essence doesn’t involve existence, can be conceived as not existing
Part II (5 Axioms)
- Part II Axiom 1 - Man’s essence doesn’t involve necessary existence
- Part II Axiom 2 - Man thinks
- Part II Axiom 3 - Modes of thinking require idea of object
- Part II Axiom 4 - We feel body affected
- Part II Axiom 5 - We perceive bodies and modes of thinking
Part III (0 Axioms)
Part IV (1 Axiom)
- Part IV Axiom 1 - No individual more powerful than all; always something more powerful
Part V (2 Axioms)
- Part V Axiom 1 - Contrary actions require change
- Part V Axiom 2 - Effect’s power defined by cause’s power