Abstract
Chapter five argues for two main interpretive theses about Spinoza’s account of essences: (a) that the essence of a thing is its degree of explanatory power and (b) that the explanatory power of a thing can vary, depending on how it is conceived, both across and within attributes. Putting these two theses together, what constitutes the essence of a thing for Spinoza is sensitive to the manner in which that thing is conceived, both within and across attributes. When combined with the results of previous chapters, it follows that each thing has infinitely many essences, both within and across attributes.
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