There is much to be said about this image of reason, which ascribes to reason the same exhaustiveness, dominance, and omnipresence that traditional theologies ascribe to God. This passage leaves no room for anything that is beyond, or against, reason.
What altar of refuge can a man find for himself when he commits treason against the majesty of reason.
God does not need a cause in order to exist, but there is a reason why God does not need a cause.
Spinoza's insistence that even the non-existence of things must be explainable is crucial. It allows him, for example, to argue that were God not to exist, his non-existence must be explainable.
hence, were God not to exist, he would have to be the cause of his non-existence
No comments:
Post a Comment