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176. - Substance

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2025

By
John Carriero
Edited by
Karolina Hübner  and
Justin Steinberg
Karolina Hübner
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
Justin Steinberg
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
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Summary

Spinoza inherits the notion of substance (substantia) from Descartes and the Aristotelian-Scholastic tradition. To appreciate what Spinoza is doing with the category of substance, and how his monism – that is, his thesis that there is no substance besides God – works, it is useful to begin with a basic understanding of the Aristotelian distinction between a substance and an accident.

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The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon , pp. 507 - 513
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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Carriero, J. (1994). On the theological roots of Spinoza’s argument for monism. Faith and Philosophy, 11, 626–44.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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Carriero, J. (2002). Monism in Spinoza. In Koistinen, O. and Biro, J. (eds.), Spinoza: Metaphysical Themes (pp. 38–59). Oxford University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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Donagan, A. (1980). Spinoza’s dualism. In Kennington, R. (ed.), The Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza (pp. 89–102). Catholic University of America Press.Google Scholar

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