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'teaching', 'The Ethics' and 'Exigency to Exist in Essences'
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature
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We can easily think of nature as one individual [Spinoza]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / b. Limited purposes
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Nature has no particular goal in view, and final causes are mere human figments [Spinoza]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / c. Purpose denied
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Spinoza strongly attacked teleology, which is the lifeblood of classical logos [Roochnik on Spinoza]
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For Spinoza eyes don't act for purposes, but follow mechanical necessity [Roochnik on Spinoza]
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Final causes are figments of human imagination [Spinoza]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature
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644
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For Pythagoreans the entire universe is made of numbers [Pythagoras, by Aristotle]
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553
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Pythagoreans think mathematical principles are the principles of all of nature [Pythagoras, by Aristotle]
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Pythagoreans say things imitate numbers, but Plato says things participate in numbers [Pythagoras, by Aristotle]
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When musical harmony and rhythm were discovered, similar features were seen in bodily movement [Pythagoras, by Plato]
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638
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Pythagoreans define timeliness, justice and marriage in terms of numbers [Pythagoras, by Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature
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An infinite line can be marked in feet or inches, so one infinity is twelve times the other [Spinoza]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / c. Ultimate substances
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In nature there is just one infinite substance [Spinoza]
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