By God, I mean a being absolutely infinite - that is, a substance consisting in infinite attributes, of which each expresses eternal and infinite essentiality. Explanation - I say absolutely infinite, not infinite after its kind: for, of a thing infinite only after its kind, infinite attributes may be denied; but that which is absolutely infinite, contains in its essence whatever expresses reality, and involves no negation.

A body is called finite because we always conceive another greater body. So, also, a thought is limited by another thought, but a body is not limited by though…

That thing is called free, which exists solely by the necessity of its own nature, and of which the action is determined by itself alone. On the other hand, th…

By that which is self-caused, I mean that of which the essence involves existence, or that of which the nature is only conceivable as existent.