Spinoza’s Appropriation of the Medieval Being-Thing Distinction
From his earliest writings we learn that, for Spinoza, God is not some identifiable thing (res) but is rather the ultimate activity or being (ens) by which all things are identified and differentiated. In this way Spinoza shifts the focus of the meaning of “substance” from being something that has c...
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University of Groningen Press
2023-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Spinoza Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://jss.rug.nl/article/view/38813 |