Spinoza's own distinction between natura naturans and natura naturata implies Substance itself follows from nothing external, breaking the universality of the following-from relation.

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Natura naturata(contrasted with natura naturans to show two aspects of nature): Latin phrase meaning 'natured nature'—all the individual things and events that are produced or created by nature's generative power.
Spinoza: Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century Dutch philosopher who argued that God and nature are the same thing, and that everything in the universe is interconnected as one unified whole. He believed that understanding how things work through reason and logic—rather than through emotion or superstition—leads to happiness and freedom. His ideas were revolutionary for his time and continue to influence modern philosophy, theology, and how we think about the relationship between mind and body.
following-from relation(Spinoza's modal metaphysics; contrasted with contemporary usage of 'following-from' as logical entailment): A causal relation in Spinoza's system, not merely logical entailment, involving necessary connections between relata
natura naturans(as Spinoza's concept of how reality works): A Latin phrase meaning 'nature naturing'—the active, creative force of nature itself that generates and sustains everything.
substance(Spinoza's metaphysics; criteria include (i) necessity and (ii) self-subsistence): The fundamental existent that is wholly necessary and self-subsistent, not depending on anything else for its existence

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