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ThisworkexaminestheuniquewayinwhichBenedictdeSpinoza(1632–77)combinestwosignificantphilosophicalprinciples:thatrealexistencerequirescausalpowerandthatgeometricalobjectsdisplayexceptionallyclearlyhowthingshavepropertiesinvirtueoftheiressences.ValtteriViljanenarguesthatunderlyingSpinoza'spsychologyandethicsisacompellingmetaphysicaltheoryaccordingtowhicheachandeverygenuinethingisanentityofpowerendowedwithaninternalstructureakintothatofgeometricalobjects.ThisallowsSpinozatoofferatheoryofexistenceandofaction–humanandnon-humanalike–asdynamicstrivingthattakesplacewiththesamekindofnecessityandintelligibilitythatpertaintogeometry.Viljanen'sfreshandoriginalstudywillinterestawiderangeofreadersinSpinozastudiesandearlymodernphilosophymoregenerally.