THE CORRELATION OF THE GENERAL AND THE SINGULAR IN SPINOZA’S ONTOLOGY
Vasiliy Pavlovich Goran1,2
1Institute of Philosophy and Law, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, 8, Nikolaev st., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
2Novosibirsk National Research State University, 2, Pirogov st., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
Keywords: Спиноза, онтология, субстанция, атрибут, модус, мышление, протяжение, тело, общее, единичное, отдельное, Spinoza, ontology, substance, attribute, mode, thinking, extension, body, general, singular, solitary
Abstract
The correlation of the general and the singular in Spinoza’s ontology was studied through the analysis of the related texts in his “Ethics”. I have found out that in Spinoza’s view, the general defines thinking which he qualifies as an attribute of substance, while the modes of the attribute of extension, i.e. of the body, are related to the area of the singular. At the same time, I have revealed that Spinoza defines bodies as the solitary as well. The analysis of the content of the Spinozian concept of the solitary made it possible to ascertain that the philosopher thought the solitary as a synthesis of the singular and the general.
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