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Critical Interpretation

In conclusion of all that we've covered with Spinoza, there are a couple of points that are significant to fully grasping Spinoza's theory on free will. Since Spinoza believed God was a part of his creation, not outside of it, he was the cause for all of man's actions and thoughts. Man has the right and ability to move his body only in the way God designed it to be moved/utilized. A man's mind and body are one thing because they're all belong to the one substance that is God. Humans can only aspire the be that which they were created to be because it was already determined by the laws of nature (God). And on a general level, humanity, due to the laws of nature and abiding by the will of God, result in patterns that are repeated throughout every individuals' life. Man has no "free will". Spinoza believed you could only be free in the sense of being unrestrained by external sources. But humans never truly have a free will or free soul since  we do not control the way our mind or body is designed to function.

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Free will

By Saige Connelly