Jesus supposedly said, "My yoke is easy," as if he were speaking of an ox in harness for tilling a field. However, while the yoke may be easy, perhaps finding...
Spinoza endeavored, like many philosophers, to find in the nature of things a rational sanction for individual conduct, from man's place in the world, relating...
I've made some comments more or less related to the content of your post, but I'm afraid they are a bit more of a "stream-of-consciousness" sort of expression...
I recently stumbled on a new book, purely by accident, that would be of interest to people here. It is: Looking For Spinoza/ Joy, Sorrow and the Feeling Brain...
Kelly Timothy Lynch
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Apr 10, 2004 6:56 pm
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First off, my e-mail has been down for about 4 days, I was just told their server is working now so we'll see if this gets through. Kelly-there's a lot of good...
Your "suspicions" of Aristotle, are from what I can tell, are correct. There's a bit of a story there though. Regarding primary and secondary notions, the 2...
It's important to keep in mind that Spinoza's method was devised to restore the intellect to it's original power, and enabling us to choose the best form of...
In a recent post I referred to "certain abstract ideas" by which a train of reasoning may be carried on independantly of language. I'm thinking this ties in...
In E2p40, schol.1, explains those notions called common and right after that he refers to >these< common notions as axioms or notions. You can find some of...
Hi All, The preceding message (#1077), with the common spam/virus Subject: "read it immediately" and the "From:" address which purports to be from me (Terry...
Hi Lance, Thanks, I mostly just wanted others who might not be familiar with such things to know that the statement in the message body: "something is going...
... I think this is too obviously more than possible; it is necessary that the cosmos is brimming over effusively with infinite cases of such realities. ...
Mark, The most difficult thing I deal with in Spinoza is getting his terminology down. I think it is a confusion of words that is giving you trouble. Extension...
... From: Mark D. Cunningham To: spinoza@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 9:03 AM Subject: for Sunhunter and Joe My apologies for the delayed...
Odd you should mention terms/words. Was just thinking the other day that although Spinoza says he is here to "explain the nature of things" not words, we all...
It's amazing how quickly a converstaion like this can develop into so many others. Below are only four of the ideas that I wanted to reply to from the last...
Something about this won't let any attachments come through-it says they've been removed. Mark [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
... Beware. That email, which appeared to emanate from my address, subject "Your details" or some such, is not from me, but is rather a totally bogus ...
Hi Joe, The reality I had in mind was more along the lines of the content of ideas, such as when Spinoza says that some ideas contain more reality than others....
What is reality? Can we say that reality is something other than existence?. If not, then what?. If yes, what is existence?. Does a stone exist in the same way...
Hey Mark, (1) "Spinoza mentions in his letters that we must take the physics and metaphysics together, and in a later letter he says of the two, metaphysics...
I couldn't agree with you more. The 3 theories of mind/body I gave as being the most common we run into. As for the "truths accepted as first principles..."...
Dear friends, The single most important thing happening in our world today is the shameful war in Iraq, one more battle in the clash of decadent and ailing ...
Hi John and Each Individual reading this message, ... I believe that at any point in the history of all people or of any subgroup of people living on this...
Hello Terry and all, The response suggested by a member of the Common Ground Network is: << All, In the face of the ongoing "clash of decadent and ailing...
Dear all, Allow me to add that i.m.o. the 'efforts of groups' referred to below follow, from the Spinozist point of view, just as much from the 'necessity of...
