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    It is not the case that The formal reality of an idea, understood as an operation of the mind, cannot be greater than the formal reality of the mind itself.

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    • 1.Spinoza argues that finite modes participate in attributes of substance whose infinite nature exceeds any individual modal expression.
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    • 2.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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    • 3.Therefore, the formal reality of an idea may exceed the finite mind's reality by virtue of its rootedness in the infinite attribute of Thought.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Malebranche holds that finite minds perceive ideas in God, meaning ideas have their formal locus in a being of greater reality than the human mind.
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    • 2.If the formal seat of an idea is God rather than the finite mind, the idea's formal reality is not bounded by the mind's own ontological grade.
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    • 1.An idea in the material sense is a mode of the mind.
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    • 2.The formal reality of a mode is derived from the formal reality of the substance it belongs to.
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    • 3.The mind is the substance from which mental modes derive their formal reality.
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