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    It is not the case that If ideas are modes of an infinite attribute (Thought), their formal reality is grounded in infinite substance, not merely the finite mind.

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    • 1.Finite minds demonstrably generate ideas through perception and cognition; grounding in infinite substance seems explanatorily idle.
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    • 2.Infinite substance cannot literally contain all particular ideas without collapsing distinctions between ideas or infinite attribute.
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    • 3.If ideas derive formal reality from infinite substance alone, mind's role becomes metaphysically obscure and causally inert.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Finite minds cannot generate formal reality of ideas; only infinite substance possesses the productive power to ground being.
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    • 2.Ideas as modes of Thought attribute participate in infinite nature; their intelligibility requires infinite rather than finite source.
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    • 3.Grounding ideas in finite minds creates regress problem; infinite substance as single source avoids infinite chains of dependency.
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