Benedict de Spinoza · Philosophy

Thought and Extension

God has infinitely many attributes, but the human mind knows only two: thought and extension. Spinoza explains how one substance can be expressed as both mind and matter, and how all finite things follow from God by necessity.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that for Spinoza God-or-Nature is expressed through infinitely many attributes , of which the human mind perceives only thought and extension . Explain what an attribute is, and why mind and body are the same thing under two attributes.

Leads to Descartes.

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