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The Spinozan God: Nature as Mind and Substance
Baruch Spinoza, Ethics Part I
The Modern Polymath@modern_polymath•3 min read
The One Substance1 / 3
God is not an architect outside creation; God is creation itself. Every star, every thought, every blade of grass is a temporary ripple on the infinite ocean of substance.
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Nature does not work with an end in view. All things are determined by the necessity of the divine nature.
The Freedom of Understanding2 / 3
An emotion which is a passion ceases to be a passion as soon as we form a clear and distinct idea of it. Understanding causality extinguishes petty rage.
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I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
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