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Existence of God
Benedict De Spinoza vs. Rene Descartes
In Spinoza's view God is a substance that includes eternal attributes and their necessity. One of the proofs for existence of such a substance is that something does not exist if and only if something else prevents its existence. For example, people walk on earth instead of flying on it, because there are rules of gravity that prev ....
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.... This part of proof is easier understood when one considers more closely the fact that God is not caused by any external forces. Things that were caused externally owe the qualities that they posses solely to their cause. For example, if there is a critical disease in the bloodline of one's parent the one's child may be at a great risk of having the disease. This, however, is not the case with God. First, because God is eternal and infinitely per ....
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