CONVERSATION WITH BURMAN

[34] . . . All attributes, taken together, are indeed the same as substance; but not taken individually or distributively: that is why it is a greater achievement to create a substance than to create attributes, i.e. individuals out of attributes, or now one thing, now another, and thus everything. . . .

[40] . . . Apart from the attribute which specifies a substance, we must also form a conception of the substance which underlies the attribute: so, although mind is a thinking thing, in addition to the thinking there also exists the substance that thinks, etc. . . .