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One substance, infinite expression

Spinoza's Attributes

€32

Substance, thought, and extension rendered as concentric mandalas — Spinoza's pantheist metaphysics translated into the language of the subtle body. Stone grey on off-white.

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The concept

Spinoza argued that God and Nature are one substance expressed through infinite attributes — of which humans perceive only two: thought and extension. The Vedantic tradition arrived at the same conclusion from the opposite direction: Brahman manifests as the apparent multiplicity of the world. This design maps the two frameworks onto each other, finding the same geometry in European rationalism and South Asian non-dualism. The central void is the same void in both traditions.

Printed on demand via Printful on 100% organic ring-spun cotton. Ships within 3–7 business days. Free returns on manufacturing defects.