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The Infinite and the Indeterminate in Spinoza
Dialogue 50 (3):603-621 (2011)
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ABSTRACT: I argue that when Spinoza describes substance and its attributes as he means that they are utterly indeterminate. That is, his conception of infinitude is not a mathematical one. For Spinoza, anything truly infinite eludes counting s conception is closer to a grammatical one. I conclude by considering a number of arguments against this account of the Spinozan infinite as indeterminateAuthor's Profile
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Behind the Geometrical Method: A Reading of Spinoza's Ethics.Edwin Curley - 1988 - Princeton University Press.
Behind the Geometrical Method: A Reading of Spinoza's Ethics.Edwin M. Curley - 1988 - Princeton University Press.
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