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Spinoza strong determinism (DEFINITIONS (3 (Substance is not made of…
Spinoza strong determinism
PROP 33 - everything is made of substance, and substance is God
PROP 26
PROP 25
AX 4
God is the efficient cause not ony of the existence of things, but also their essence
PROP 15
Whatever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived
PROP 14
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Besides God no substance can be granted or conceived
DEF 3
DEF 5
AX 1
PROP 16
DEF 6
From the necessity of the divine nature must follow an infinite number of things in infinite ways - that is, all things which can fall within the sphere of infinite intellect
PROP 15
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Whatever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived
Anything that acts in a particular manner does so because it has been conditioned by God, and that which has been conditioned by God cannot condition itself to act
PROP 11
PROP 7
PROP 6
PROP 2
DEF 3
Two substances whose attributes are different have nothing in common
PROP 3
AX 5
AX 4
Things which have nothing in common cannot one be the cause of another
One substance cannot be produced by another substance
Existence belongs to the nature of a substance
God, or substance, consisting of infinite attributes, of which each expresses eternal and infinite essentiality, necessarily exists
PROP 14
DEF 6
PROP 5
PROP 4
AX 1
DEF 3
DEF 5
AX 4
Two things are distinguished one from the other either by the difference in the attributes of their substances or difference of their modifications
PROP 1
DEF 3
DEF 5
Substance is by nature prior to its modifications
DEF 3
DEF 4
There cannot exist in the universe two substances having the same nature or attribute
Besides God no substance can be granted or conceived
PROP 11
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God, or substance, consisting of infinite attributes, of which each expresses eternal and infinite essentiality, necessarily exists
AXIOMS
1
Everything that exists, eixists either in itself or in something else
i.e. God is not superterrestrial, but part of creation
4
The knowledge of an effect depends on and involves the knowledge of a cause
5
Things which have nothing in common cannot be understood, the one in terms of the other: the conception of one does not involve the conception of the other.
DEFINITIONS
3
Substance is not made of something smaller
5
Modes are the things made from substance
4
Attribute is a quality of substance
6
God is a being absolutely infinite, with infinite attributes