Spinoza

Question 1

God as nature

Answer 1

monistic view of god, where god and nature are synonymous

God is infinite

Question 2

Pantheism

Answer 2

Spinoza’s concept of God was pantheistic, meaning he saw as immanent in everything rather as a separate transcendent being

Question 3

Ethics and God

Answer 3

God’s nature leads to an ethical life, and by these attributes: thought and extension (matter). These are how we perceive God’s essence as mind and matter

Question 4

Freedom and Understanding

Answer 4

Freedom comes from understanding and aligning ourselves with the natural order of god