To begin this line of thought, Spinoza claims that because God and nature cannot be divided, nothing is outside of nature. ... Freedom, according to Spinoza, is the acceptance and recognition of this necessity-meaning god or nature- which is the basis for Spinoza's reasoning here. What this mode of reasoning leads us to ask is how do we explain our personal, individual emotions such as love or anger and the effect these emotions have on our thoughts and our physical actions? ...

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Dream:" A brilliant piece of reasoning! ... In conclusion, Hume believes that reasoning about facts is only supported by experience and there are no proofs of its existence and non-existence on a substance. ...

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