One Modern system that decisively breaks from Medieval Supernaturalism is Spinoza's Naturalist Pantheism. The constituents of this system are Modes, three main characteristics of each of which are: 1. A conatus by which it persists in its being; 2. The maintaining of spatial contiguity and coherence as it changes location; and 3. Can be either simple or compound. Thus, contrary to some interpretations, a Human is not the only kind of Mode, and, indeed, Spinoza offers no criterion for distinguishing Human Modes from others, i. e.: "I am not able here to explain" (Ethics II, xiii, note) the distinction. So, even though his Pantheism can be classified as Secular, it is not specifically Humanist.
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