>Creation is the maximal object that could be created from God
Well, just the only one, but I suppose the maximal element of a set with one element is just that element, so yeah.
>Creation determines God, in that God is the minimal object that could create the Creation
Well, the only thing that could create Creation, but I suppose the minimal element of a set with one element is just that element, so yeah.
>Aquinas defo would've been unhappy with the "the deity can create any universe he wants, as long as it's black" part.
Hmm, I don't know what you mean by this. Spinoza isn't saying this, Spinoza is saying that God must have created only this universe, and everything that God does is necessary---there's nothing else he can do.
>if our universe only uses up two attributes
OK, so it's not that our universe is only uses two attributes, it's that we can only perceive things with respect to two attributes. There's only one possible universe, which is this one, and it's necessarily this one.
Well, just the only one, but I suppose the maximal element of a set with one element is just that element, so yeah.
>Creation determines God, in that God is the minimal object that could create the Creation
Well, the only thing that could create Creation, but I suppose the minimal element of a set with one element is just that element, so yeah.
>Aquinas defo would've been unhappy with the "the deity can create any universe he wants, as long as it's black" part.
Hmm, I don't know what you mean by this. Spinoza isn't saying this, Spinoza is saying that God must have created only this universe, and everything that God does is necessary---there's nothing else he can do.
>if our universe only uses up two attributes
OK, so it's not that our universe is only uses two attributes, it's that we can only perceive things with respect to two attributes. There's only one possible universe, which is this one, and it's necessarily this one.