Mark, Sorry, for the delay. ... humans--ought to be last? I have difficulties with applying numerical order to processes where immanent causality takes place. ...
... the "relation" between, Substance and its modes, the infinite and the finite, the eternal essence of a thing and its existence in time/duration, between...
Does anyone have evidence that there is a connection between TTP and ETHICS? I just don't get it. Are there writings/correspondence that Spinoza connected...
Mark, ... "Laws and rules for men live by" - this seems to be a open field with a wide range where a neat line between the private and the public cannot be...
Some points of an outline of a political Spinozism: quoted from: http://multitudes.samizdat.net/article.php3?id_article=1488 In his preface to the Italian...
Mark, I still feel the need to respond to problems you have raised in former messages. Sorry, that I don't raise all of the points you made, but my 'power' to...
Mark, I still feel the need to respond to problems you have raised in former messages. Sorry, that I don't raise all of the points you made, but my 'power' to...
... Pain originating in the body ought to be addressed by correcting the underlying cause and giving drugs for pain. But pain which originates in the mind,...
I thought Spinoza clearly explained that it is only through thought and extension (from memory so correct me) that we humans can use the vocabulary of God....
========================================================== Spinoza to Simon deVries- «By substance I mean that, which is in itself and is conceived through ...
================================================== Short Treatise Pt.2, Ch.08-P09: From what has just been said it is evident, then, that just as contrary...
ethel wrote; 20/20/2004 ... A summary of "On God/E1": "She's black." A summary of E3/E4: "Me, we." (Muhammed Ali, but some say it was: "Me, whee.") ;-) ...
This is mindblowing. I did not expect to be able to respond right away, but my always present reference, Encyc Judaica cdrom actually has only one article...
Our minds are directed toward and strengthened in their inquiry into the true good as they transform passions into the actions of understanding passions, i.e....
Sunhunter, do you realize that this is all discussed (your legal examples) in the Sanhedrin Tractate of the Talmud, starting 2000 years ago. Remember, all...
... This passage of letter 10 concerning the attributes is highly problematic because it seems to suggest a formalist interpretation of the attributes:...
In a recent post, I mentioned that I intended to study the imitation of the emotions. Now, as I suffer a good deal of anguish and compassion regarding the...
I mentioned in a recent post that others could do a better job than I of explaining the attributes, and Hans has proven me to be correct about that. While we...
... First, not all folks read the bible as revelation. I read it as good ancient history. I think all Rabbis could teach ancient history. How can you be sure...
... What do you mean by "good?" Scientifically accurate, morally edifying, a little of this and that, what? For my part, I enjoy some of the poetry very...
... ================================ Good, meaning exactly that. On the Yahoo group Ancient Bible History, we study every word of text like archaeologists do....
Sunhunter wrote (12/29/04) ... E3P27====== By the very fact that we conceive a thing, which is like ourselves, and which we have not regarded with any emotion,...
After all is said and done, do you think the President and First Lady could pass a TASS on God (even history of religion). And he has a BA in history from...
================================================ Spinoza Political Treatise, Intro 5. For this is certain, and we have proved its truth in our Ethics, that men...
Sununter (1/4/2004) quoted: PT, intro; 5 ================ that the multitude or men distracted by politics can ever be induced to live according to the bare...
I tried to give a summary of E3P21-P27. http://members.eunet.at/hans68/imitation.html I hold that in these propositions we can find an ontology of the social...
Does anyone know if there is a precedent for Spinoza\'s use of the term \"explain\" in such contexts as: The divine attributes explain God\'s eternal essence...
Arthur David Smith
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In relation with the next text, Spinoza gives to us an explanation on adequate ideas, but ąŻ what is the thinking being to (Whom) or What Spinoza refers...
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Hi David, There is a hint in Gilles Deleuze' book 'Spinoza and the problem of expression in philosophy' (Introduction). He states that the couple ...