Tance. In this view, the mental representation of abstract ideas is quite similar to the mental representation of phys- ical objects: People believe in the ideas they comprehend, as quickly and automatically as they believe in the objects they see. Research in social and cognitive psychology sug- gests that Spinoza's model,may,be a more,accurate ac- count of human,belief than is that of Descartes. Though Truth and Falsehood bee Neare twins, yet Truth a little