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...
Hi John, ... With regard to the war in Iraq which you brought up in your first message and, keeping in mind that this is a Spinoza group, do you have any ...
Hi Terry, No, the reference to the 4th sign of being was quite unintentional. I was only hoping to get Spinozist input about what is going on in Iraq when I ...
Hi John, ... On 9/11/2001, as I watched live television images of the World Trade Center buildings falling and the ensuing chaos, I joined an unrelated ...
Relevant to Terry's point "what else is going on today," what would the parents, friends and relatives of Nick Berg tell you? It is worth noting that the...
Thank you very much, Terry, and Marc, for your observations about the above. The gist of Spinoza's position in similar situations would then be not to indulge...
Hi John, ... above. ... I have pointed out how Spinoza said he would handle similar situations in his own thinking. Mark has pointed out some of Spinoza's...
Thank you very much, Terry, for your several remarks and observations on Spinozist theory in the above context. They have indeed helped to clarify my own...
Hi John, ... And I thank you for providing an opportunity for me to further clarify my own thinking about this matter by formulating a response. We all must ...
I did not want to leave your reference to E2p8 unnoticed. And this is something I' ve been looking at for a while, Spinoza's use of the word idea. In E2,def.3...
"Ideas of individual things or of modes which do not exist must be comprehended in the infinite idea of God, in the same way as the formal essences of things...
"Ideas of individual things or of modes non-existent must be comprehended in the infinite idea of God, in the same way as the virtual essences of things or of...
Mark, Yes, it is evident that Spinoza seems to attach some higher priority to thought. This is obvious in the repeated use of "the idea of god as cause", "the...
Hi Mark, This might not be what you are specifically after, but I have always interpreted "essences" as concepts, and ideas as "thoughts". If something does...
Hi Fernando, As always good to hear from you. Your post reminded me of E1d.4 "By attribute I understand what the intellect perceives of a substance >as<...
Hi Mark, ... It seems my interpretation has always been that it should be >as<, not >as if<. Obviously, for me god is thought but not only thought. What do you...
