 In more contemporary terms, Curley’s proposal is that every state of the world is determined by the laws of nature plus the prior state of the world. The laws of nature and the antecedent state each contribute to bringing about the desk, but neither is sufficient on its own. This division of labor would allow Spinoza to overcome the problem of the gap without violating Ip28. Particular finite modes do follow partly from God’s nature, in virtue of following partly from infinite modes – but only partly. They also follow partly from other finite modes. Admittedly, Spinoza does not say in Ip28 that finite modes follow only partially from other finite modes, but neither does he explicitly say that finite modes follow entirely from other finite modes.