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    A mode cannot exist independently of the substance it mod... — Carmelics
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    A mode cannot exist independently of the substance it modifies, yet ideas of eternal truths (e.g., geometric relations) persist regardless of whether any finite mind contemplates them.

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    Key Terms

    Contemplate(as used in ethics)
    To think carefully about something, weighing different possibilities and outcomes.
    Eternal truths(Norris' metaphysics)
    Truths that are real and have existence outside of and independent of the understanding, grounded in the Simple Essences of things (i.e., eternal divine ideas)
    Finite mind(describing the limitations of human knowledge)
    A limited human mind, as opposed to an infinite or all-knowing mind; a mind that can't process everything at once or know the future.
    geometric relations(as an example of eternal truths)
    Mathematical truths about shapes and spaces, like 'a triangle's angles add up to 180 degrees'—relationships that are always true in geometry.
    mode(In Spinoza's system, all finite things are modes of the one substance)

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    A dependent modification or attribute of a substance, lacking independent existence
    substance(Spinoza's metaphysics; criteria include (i) necessity and (ii) self-subsistence)
    The fundamental existent that is wholly necessary and self-subsistent, not depending on anything else for its existence

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