XL. Swedenhorg. " For the principal cause and

the instrumental cause act together as one cause, ac- cording to a maxim known to the learned world." True a R. p. 336.
Spinoza must be considered as included in what Swedenhorg calls the learned world, for this is his doctrine. Many philosophers speak of two causes, the efficient, and the occasional or transient cause, but Spinoza, with Swcdenborg, knows of but one cause, and that is God.