The shared center — held across the tradition
Deus sive Natura — God, or Nature.
One substance, infinite, self-caused, of which every rock and thought is a mode. There is no outside for a creator to stand in.
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Contested within — affirmed by some schools, refused by others
Whether this is religion or atheism with better manners.
Spinoza's contemporaries called him an atheist; he denied it, and so do modern pantheists. The word has been an accusation for as long as it has existed.
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