Commentators often claim that the bodies of Spinoza’s physics resist the changes they undergo. But it’s not always clear what they mean when they say this, or whether they are entitled to say it. This article clarifies what it might mean to for Spinoza’s bodies to resist change, and examines the evidence for such a view. In the first half, the author argues that there is some limited evidence for such a view, but not nearly as much as people think. In the second half, the author proposes looking for a mental analogue to collision in the realm of ideas and argues that adequacy amounts to a meaningful concept of resistance in Spinoza, albeit one that is incomplete.

评论家经常声称斯宾诺莎的物理学身体抵抗了它们所经历的变化。但是，当他们这样说时，他们的意思是什么，或者他们是否有权这么说，并不总是很清楚。本文阐明了斯宾诺莎的身体抵抗变化可能意味着什么，并检验了这种观点的证据。在前半部分，作者认为这种观点的证据有限，但并不像人们想象的那么多。在后半部分，作者建议在思想领域寻找一种心理类比，并认为充分性相当于斯宾诺莎的一个有意义的抵抗概念，尽管它是不完整的。