On Spinoza's Substance
1997 Volume 1997 Issue 48 Pages 208-217
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1997 Volume 1997 Issue 48 Pages 208-217
There are two kinds of substance in Ethica, one of which is defined as “what is in itself and is concieved through itself” (E1Def3) and the other is God as “a substance consisting of an infinity of attributes, of which each one expresses an eternal and infinite essence” (E1Def6). Then which sustance does really exist ?
We have now Gueroult's well-known solution of this problem, namely “genetic definition of God”. But his interpretation is quite unsatifactory. The purpose of this paper is, criticizing against Gueroult's “genetic definition of God”, to propound another interpretation of Spinoza's substance. As a result, we can throw light on God-attributes relationship in the philosophy of Spinoza.
