Research Paper On Baruch Spinoza

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Traditionally, when interpreting the God described in the Old Testament, most theological frame works will posit an argument of free will in association with the perfect goodness they believe this God possesses. However, Baruch Spinoza creates a radically unorthodox frame work in which he has preserved the basic tenets often ascribed to this God (e.g. omnipotence, all-knowing, etc.), but at the cost of freewill. Spinoza essentially believes that anything that can exist will exist. Based upon this he builds his metaphysical framework. He begins by claiming that at the most basic level things exist as substances that possess attributes. Next, he claims that “there cannot be two or more substances of the same nature or attribute” (pg. 3). Although
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