All Axioms (15 Total)

Part I (7 Axioms)

  1. Part I Axiom 1 - Everything in itself or in another
  2. Part I Axiom 2 - What not conceived through another conceived through itself
  3. Part I Axiom 3 - From determinate cause, effect follows necessarily
  4. Part I Axiom 4 - Knowledge of effect depends on cause
  5. Part I Axiom 5 - Things with nothing in common can’t understand each other
  6. Part I Axiom 6 - True idea agrees with object
  7. Part I Axiom 7 - If essence doesn’t involve existence, can be conceived as not existing

Part II (5 Axioms)

  1. Part II Axiom 1 - Man’s essence doesn’t involve necessary existence
  2. Part II Axiom 2 - Man thinks
  3. Part II Axiom 3 - Modes of thinking require idea of object
  4. Part II Axiom 4 - We feel body affected
  5. Part II Axiom 5 - We perceive bodies and modes of thinking

Part III (0 Axioms)

Part IV (1 Axiom)

  1. Part IV Axiom 1 - No individual more powerful than all; always something more powerful

Part V (2 Axioms)

  1. Part V Axiom 1 - Contrary actions require change
  2. Part V Axiom 2 - Effect’s power defined by cause’s power