the natural light that nothing can have no real attribute.
VI . The substance in which thought immediately resides is here called mind ( mens , esprit ). I here speak, however, of mens rather than of anima , for the latter is equivocal, being frequently applied to denote a corporeal object.
VII . The substance which is the immediate subject of local extension, and of the accidents that presuppose this extension, as figure, situation, local motion, etc. , is called body . But whether the substance which is called mind be the same with that which is called body, or whether they are two diverse substances, is a question to be hereafter considered.
VIII . The substance which we understand to be supremely perfect, and in which we conceive nothing that involves any defect, or limitation of perfection, is called God .
IX . When we say that some attribute is contained in the nature or concept of a thing, this is the same as if we said that the attribute is true of the thing, or that it may be affirmed of the thing itself.