Spinoza

Title: Spinoza
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Spinoza

This paper will outline Spinoza’s argument in Part 1 of his Ethics of substance. He argues that there is only one substance, which is the same as God, that includes everything in the universe. It will walk through each proposition and explain his proof of it, which relies of his stated definitions. This paper will also explain the difference between Spinoza’s belief of substance and that of Leibniz from his Discourse on Metaphysics. It …showed first 75 words of 2662 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 2662 total…substance. Everything we know is part of God. God includes all attributes. If I am part of God, I contain all attributes. However, I do not contain all attributes. There are many that I do not include such and infinity. I am obviously not infinite. Leibniz’s account of the number of substances allows me to exist, not containing every attribute. Bibliography Cahn, Stephen M., ed., Classics of Western Philosophy (Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 1999) 416-421.

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