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142. - Parts and Wholes

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2025

By
John Grey
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

Many of Spinoza’s arguments, ranging from his metaphysics to his political philosophy, draw on claims about the relationship between part (pars) and whole (totus). This entry surveys Spinoza’s views about the metaphysics of parts and wholes, as well as the various ways that mereological concepts figure in different elements of his system.

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The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon , pp. 411 - 414
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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Grey, J. (2014). Spinoza on composition, causation, and the mind’s eternity. British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 22(3), 446–67.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Guigon, G. (2012). Spinoza on composition and priority. In Goff, P. (ed.), Spinoza on Monism (pp. 183–205). Palgrave Macmillan.Google Scholar
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Peterman, A. (2017). The ‘physical’ interlude. In Melamed, Y. (ed.), Spinoza’s Ethics: A Critical Guide (pp. 102–20). Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar
Sacksteder, W. (1977). Spinoza on part and whole: The worm’s eye view. Southwestern Journal of Philosophy, 8(3), 139–59.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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