Spinoza and Teleology.

Probably following the example of modern Physics, Spinoza attempts to eliminate Teleology from Metaphysics. That is, God, in Spinozism, never acts purposefully, either proximally or remotely. Instead, the root of Teleological thinking, according to Spinoza, is the same idea that is the origin of the thesis of Free Will, namely, the consciousness 'I want X', from which the mind has the tendency to infer 'X is for me', in turn from which the notion that 'God has a plan' is an extrapolation. But, 'I want X' is an inadequate idea, not only because it is ignorant of its preconditions, but because it cannot be an idea in God, and, hence, is not adequate. Thus, the emergence in his system of an idea of the form 'O is useful to S' seems ungrounded, for, its structure is plainly purposive. Spinoza treats it as if it follows from 'S endeavors to persist in its being', and 'O preserves or increases the strength of S', but it would follow only with a further proposition "'O causes S' is equivalent to 'O is a means to S'". However, the latter cannot be an idea in God, so, it is not an adequate idea, in which case, it can have no place in Spinoza's deduction, leaving him with a vestige of Teleology.