** A Sketch of Spinoza's Argument for Substance Monism **

			      D3 + D4 + D5 + A1       D3 + D5
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 D3            A4 + A5           D4    +    P4    +    P1
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 P2     +        P3        +          P5
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                 P6              D3 + D4 + D5 + A1       D3 + D5
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                P6c  +  D1           D4   +   P4   +   P1
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               A7    +    P7                            |    
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 D6                +           P11             +        P5
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                                P14

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DICTIONARY:

D1:	"Self-caused" =df  that whose essence implies existence.
D3:	"Substance" =df  what is in-itself and conceived through itself.
D4:	"Attribute" =df  the essence of substance.
D5:	"Mode" =df  a state of substance.
D6:	"God" =df  absolutely infinite substance, etc.
A1:	Everything is either in-itself or in-another.
A7:	If something, x, can be conceived not to exist, then the essence
        of x does not ential the existence of x.
P1:	Substance is logically prior to its modes.
P2:	Two substances with distinct attributes have nothing in common.
P3:	Unless two things have something in common, neither can cause 
        the other.
P4:	Two substances can be distinguished only  by their attributes 
        or modes (indistingushables are identical).
P5:	Substances can't share attributes.
P6:	One substance can't produce another.
P6c:	No substance can be produced by another.
P7:	The essence of a substance entails its existence.
P11:	God necessarily exists.
P14:	Except for God, no substance can be or be conceived.