![]() ![]() 3 This is because, to Spinoza there can only be one substance, God, and that which derives from its infinitely many attributes, such as people, are not totally free but are rather physically and mentally dependent on its existence for their own continuity. 2 Also, since God is uncompelled, all things that derive from it are modes of its attributes and are not to be understood as being at the same level of freedom as it. 1 Furthermore, because he believes that there is only one substance that causes itself, which is God, or Nature, and since he states it is uncompelled due to its existence being identical to its essence, it follows that due to its essence being of a self-determined nature, it by necessity exists without being dependent on any other being. Finally, I will hope to show that Spinoza’s more deterministic position on this issue successfully bypasses the array of problems that follow from Descartes’s compatibilism.Īccording to Spinoza, for something to be entirely free it must be uncompelled in all ways and also the cause of itself. I will then describe the differences in their philosophical positions, and argue in favor of Spinoza’s view on this matter. ![]() With this essay, I will first explain Spinoza’s and Descartes’s notions regarding freedom of the will, its existence, and its scope. ![]() Within the works of Spinoza, as well as those of Descartes, issues concerning the nature of free-will come to the fore.
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