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Baruch Spinoza

Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature.

Baruch Spinoza

Nature

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Spinoza is saying that everything in the universe happens out of necessity, based on the nature of God, rather than by chance or randomness. This means that all things follow a fixed order and cannot exist or act differently from how they are determined by the divine essence.

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