Original article Problem of the beginning or the ultimate minimal unit of human consciousness in the formation of historical subjectivity through the optics of the philosophy of Leibniz, Descartes, and Spinoza
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Abstract:
The formation of the consciousness of the subject of historical action from the ultimate minimum unit to the top point of historical development in the unity of sensuality, morality and thinking is traced; it assumes that the personality travels over the entire distance of historical path that humanity has passed. It is noted that building the trajectory of this movement the way that subjectivity on an expanding scale becomes the property of the masses presupposes the instrumentalization of philosophy in public practice. It has been demonstrated that the philosophical legacy of Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz makes it possible to comprehensively see this process, which will allow the avoiding of a number of mistakes.

Keywords:
subject, subjectivity, desire, soul, activity, substance, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, unity of affect and intellect
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