But, HOW can God be considered an extended thing since most philosophical schools deny that God could have a body. And no physical substance means no extension, right? — SapereAude
But, HOW can God be considered an extended thing since most philosophical schools deny that God could have a body. And no physical substance means no extension, right? — SapereAude
But, HOW can God be considered an extended thing since most philosophical schools deny that God could have a body. And no physical substance means no extension, right? — SapereAude
IV. By attribute, I mean that which the intellect perceives as constituting the essence of substance. — Spinoza
V. By mode, I mean the modifications of substance, or that which exists in, and is conceived through, something other than itself. — Spinoza
So I cannot figure out how Spinoza comes to the conclusion that God has infinite extension.
II. A thing is called finite after its kind, when it can be limited by another thing of the same nature; for instance, a body is called finite because we always conceive another greater body. So, also, a thought is limited by another thought, but a body is not limited by thought, nor a thought by body. — Spinoza
PROP. VIII. Every substance is necessarily infinite.
Proof.—There can only be one substance with an identical attribute, and existence follows from its nature (Prop. vii.); its nature, therefore, involves existence, either as finite or infinite. It does not exist as finite, for (by Def. ii.) it would then be limited by something else of the same kind, which would also necessarily exist (Prop. vii.); and there would be two substances with an identical attribute, which is absurd (Prop. v.). It therefore exists as infinite. Q.E.D.
VI. By God, I mean a being absolutely infinite—that is, a substance consisting in infinite attributes, of which each expresses eternal and infinite essentiality. — Spinoza
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