Friday, February 15, 2008

Deus Sive Natura

Spinoza's famous formulation for God was Deus Sive Natura. For this, he was widely reviled. So I was fascinated when I discovered a couple of Jewish tidbits during my studies. First, the Kabbalists said that God "wears the world like a garment." Further, in gematria, equivalencies are created through numerical calculations. The number 86 represents both the Jewish name for God "Elokim" and nature "hateva."
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