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1 Hence the actual being of things, which are not 2 modes of thought, does not follow from the divine nature, because 3 that nature has prior knowledge of the things. Things 4 represented in ideas follow, and are derived from their 5 particular attribute, in the same manner, and with the same 6 necessity as ideas follow (according to what we have shown) from 7 the attribute of thought. 8 9