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Quotes from Spinoza — Michael Della Rocca

born 1962 United States

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For Spinoza, my mind is simply an idea in God’s intellect; in particular it is God’s idea of my body.

Spinoza (2008)

As always with Spinoza, it is helpful to begin with God. The system of ideas that are parallel to modes of extension constitutes God’s infinite intellect.

Spinoza (2008)

How many things are there in the world? Spinoza’s answer: one.

Spinoza (2008)

The purity of Spinoza’s commitment to explanation can best be articulated in terms of his commitments to the Principle of Sufficient Reason (hereafter, the “PSR”) and to his naturalism.

Spinoza (2008)

Rethinking Spinoza in light of the Principle of Sufficient Reason promises to be important not only for our understanding of Spinoza, but also for our understanding of the philosophical issues Spinoza deals with and that continue to trouble philosophers today.

Spinoza (2008)

According to Spinoza’s system, all reality flows with strict necessity from the nature of God. With the geometrical method, Spinoza captures the structure of this reality by deducing philosophical conclusions about reality from definitions which express the nature of God.

Spinoza (2008)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Michael Della Rocca (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.