PHILOS 14 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: East Los Angeles College, Natura Naturata, Baruch Spinoza
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Spinoza"s metaphysical determinism and extension) substance understood as in itself, and conceived through itself. Distinction between natura naturans (in itself, and conceived through itself, The thinking of that substance has to be understood in the attributes of thought. Substance that is taking in itself and through itself. God is a free cause" acts solely through it"s own nature. God as freely acting, acting not determined by something other than itself. Substance is causally active through itself alone, and produces particular modes of substance. Natura naturata- modes of god"s attributes in so far as they are considered as things which are in god, and can neither be nor conceived without god. Views nature from the products of god"s activity, individual modes of substance, particular modes of the attributes of substance. Prop 31: intellect and will shouldn"t be attributed to god in the self- productive activity.
