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Full Idea
Spinoza's God is not a person.
Gist of Idea
Spinoza's God is not a person
Source
report of Baruch de Spinoza (The Ethics [1675]) by Nicholas Jolley - Leibniz Ch.5
Book Ref
Jolley,Nicholas: 'Leibniz' [Routledge 2005], p.143
A Reaction
This will be the central reason why Spinoza was so controversial, because such a view instantly makes religion pointless, despite retaining a core of theism.