Will, Mode, Organism

While Spinoza's doctrine seems easily classifiable as 'Naturalistic' or 'Vitalistic', Kant's and Whitehead's definitions of 'organism', as entailing a Teleological principle, seems to preclude the recognition of Spinoza's system as a 'philosophy of organism', i. e. because Spinoza rejects Teleology. However, as has been previously discussed here, 'organism' can be sufficiently defined as a combination of Formal and Material causality, i. e. non-Teleologically. Still, Spinozism lacks a concept of Organism for a different reason--its God, as perfect, does not grow, whereas, a fundamental characteristic of an organism is its self-growth. Similarly, therefore, growth is not of the essence of God's Modes, which is why, on his analysis, biological functions serve only to maintain an entity, and why increases in the strength of an entity are, more properly, reductions of its imperfection. In contrast, here, Evolvement, i. e. growth, is the fundamental human conatus, not only biologically, but experientially. For, the combination of Will and Comprehension, the fundamental principles of personal experience, constitute Evolvement, whereas, Spinoza's Modes can never become anything more than they already are, or than they are conceived to be by their God.