 Of course, not just any way of considering a finite mode will be relevant for its modal status. Considered as “the largest piece of furniture in the office,” the desk does not exist necessarily. By Spinoza’s lights, the way of conceiving the desk needs to involve something that follows from God’s nature if the desk is to exist necessarily. This is why, if Garrett is correct, considering the desk in relation to the rest of the entire series of finite objects is relevant for its modal status, whereas considering the desk in other, less causally relevant or more isolated ways, is not.[15]