God's Nature and Attributes

Question 1

Leibniz (4)

Answer 1

God as the ultimate metaphysical being

believed in the principle of sufficient reason, asserting that everything has a reason for its existence

Proposed the idea of the “best of all possible worlds.” Suggesting that God, being perfectly good, created the most optimal universe

Argued for the existence of God based on the idea necessary existence and perfection

Question 2

Spinoza (4)

Answer 2

Identified God with nature or the universe itself

Advocated a pantheistic view. stating that everything is part of God’s substance

Rejected the idea of a personal or anthropomorphic god, viewing God as an impersonal force underlying all existence

Emphasized the unity of everything in the universe as expression of God’s essence or substance