His early work, On the Improvement of Understanding, influenced a later work that introduced his concepts of mode, attribute, and substance.
This man inspired Giles Deleuze's formulation of the concept of "the plane of immanence." His early work, On the Improvement of Understanding, influenced a later work that introduced his concepts of mode, attribute, and substance. He asserted that Ezra was the primary author of the Old Testament and miracles could be explained naturally in a work arguing that freedom of ideas encourages a secure state, Theological-Political Treatise. One of his works features the section "Of Human Bondage," uses the phrase "God or Nature" to explain Pantheism, and is written in "geometrical order." For 10 points, name this Rationalist philosopher, who wrote Ethics.
This man inspired Giles Deleuze's formulation of the concept of "the plane of immanence."
Baruch Spinoza [or Benedict Spinoza; accept Espinosa instead of "Spinoza"]