Abstract

Although the term 'pantheism′ contrasts sharply with the elaborate metaphysics of the Ethics, it has at all times been the standard-label of Spinoza′s philosophy. However, the surprising career and persistence of this concept throws a light on substantial residua of pre-modern metaphysics and even elements of theistic religion which survived not only in Spinoza′s famous apophthegms such as deus sive natura, but also in some of the pivotal ideas of his metaphysics