Hello Stuart, The (Advayavada) Buddhist view is that existence is a constant flux of ever-changing events (interdependently caused) with no known beginning or ...
John, From the Advayavada Buddhist point of view, does the "constant flux of ever-changing events (interdependently caused) with no known beginning or...
All, An ordering principle is not mutually exclusive with so-called random events. Pantheistically, which is what we're speaking here, to call a spade a spade...
... random ... call a ... of ... ................ Constantine, It appears to me that you are denying that the universe is the result of random events, and...
Malcolm - What I'm affirming is that these hoary dilemmas are not necessarily Either/Or but Both/And. To choose another one, it is possible to conceive of...
Hello Malcolm, The following is from our website: question Is Advayavada a religious Buddhism? answer Advayavada Buddhism is a non-dual and life-affirming...
Dear Malcolm and all, You might be interested in also reading the following excerpt: http://www.euronet.nl/~advaya/excerpts.htm#ashby Kind regards, John...
Dear John - What is the connection, if any, between Spinozoistic thought and Advayavada Buddhism? Constantine ... <image.tiff> ... <image.tiff> ... [Non-text...
... i could try with you to anszer this wuestion, in beforehand i wish to ask you what are your own views of the role of the artist< please speak frankly it is...
Thanks for taking the time to answer. Well, my own views are confused on this matter. The artist creates association of images and association between the ...
Perhaps we should remember Plato's distinction between the artist and the philosopher. The Artist works by means of the muse. The philosopher works by means of...
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Sep 8, 2005 2:20 pm
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Interesting! Where (what text)does Plato state this about "deliverances of reason" educating the youth? I'd like to know if he had any more to say about this. ...
Apart from specific references, I believe it is explicit in the Republic that art is of great educational and motivational value. But because left to its own...
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Sep 11, 2005 3:48 pm
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Hi John, I found your position "there are no finites in reality" really very insightful and far reaching. Pardon me for a bit just to wrap my head around that...
I have trouble understanding spinoza's view of self-consiousness - so if anyone could give me an explanation of his view it would be much appreciated - regards...
The following may be of interest to some here. Lance Fletcher ... Subject: SEMINARS: Programme séminaire Spinoza 2005-2006 Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 07:45:39...
Filip, Unfortunately I have tried that link twice and have not been able to open the page. I am very interested in ALL conceptions of INFINITY / ETERNAL and so...
Hi Danielle and All, ... I don't know if you noticed but in Filip's message the link is broken by a space character (just in front of the "neo/..." part) which...
Hi Danielle, Did you already read the lettre 12 of Spinoza to Meyer? There you find an explantion of Infinity, given by Spinoza. He explaines there that...
Pretty well synopsized, Filip. Letter 12 seems key to me concerning certain points in Spinoza. Still, we need to be able to explain, it seems to me, how there...
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Nov 20, 2005 6:57 pm
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Tneff's emendation of the address worked for me, as does the translation site. Thanx! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Hi Stuart and All, ... You are most welcome. As a humorous warning with regard to that language translation site, I subscribe to the French language Spinoza...
Some remarks and answers to questions: 1. how there can be partial adequacy of ideas that concern modes? Parallel with affections of the body there are ideas...
Some remarks and answers to questions: 1. how there can be partial adequacy of ideas that concern modes? Parallel with affections of the body there are ideas...
Hi, Just want to register my disagreement with your first line here that the 'body' is an idea, even worse, because 'it has ideas'. I don't think you meant...
Hello, I am a Spanish guy who likes philosophy very much but haven't found a interesting foro yet. I would like to talk with you about philosophy in general,...
