Conversation with Spinoza A Cobweb Novel Goce Smilevski Prizing ideas above all else, radical thinker Baruch Spinoza left little behind in the way of personal...
Hello, Has anybody read The Courtier and the Heretic - Leibniz, Spinoza, and the Fate of God in the Modern World, by Matthew Stewart? John Willemsens....
Thanx for the tip! ... From: John Willemsens <johnwillemsens@...> To: Spinoza List <spinoza@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:05:48 +0200 ...
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Hi, Yes, I have read this book and HIGHLY recommend it. The author has a very good grasp on the essentials of Spinoza's and Leibniz's thought and provides a...
By ‘self-interest’ I mean ‘enlightened self interest.’ Thus, self interest will be clearly distinguished in the following illustration from the notion...
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Danielle - I hope you don't mind me jumping in on your discussion,but I found your post to be most interesting and I'm not sure this is right on your concerns...
I cannot vouch for its historical and philosophical accuracy, but it reads as a whodunnit. Lovely book! Subtitle: Leibniz, Spinoza, and the Fate of God in the...
Hi, That was really good contribution to understanding - thank you, especially the example of the reflection in the mirror - powerful poignant example. I want...
danielle - thank you are too kind - I will look for that book on your recommendation and also if you do your review I would very much like to read it after...
... I looked at the review on the link. It reminds me of a time about 25 years ago when I was hanging out at a natural health school, macrobiotic diet and all,...
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Hi Stuart, John, and All, ... I recently had a perhaps similar experience to that of the person you referred to above. Many years ago, before I had heard of...
I have added a further short excerpt to the below webpage from Chapter 15 of Duff's 'Spinoza's Political and Ethical Philosophy'. I.m.o. fascinating food for...
I haven't. But it does suggest a nice double entendre! Anyway, anything interesting in the book? Cheers, Budd ... May the ride of your life be self-propelled!...
I read it this weekend. Yes, a very good book about the clash of faith and reason in today's violent world, and I intend to place short quotes from it on a.o....
Of interest to Dutch subscribers: Henri Krop (celebrated translator of Spinoza's Ethica) is giving a lecture at 8 pm on June 13 on the subject of 'Nederland en...
A slow reading of Plato's Timaeus is just now getting started on my plato-timaeus list. If you would like to join it, you may subscribe by sending email to ...
I could only conclude once again that the fact that Spinoza speaks of God, albeit meaning something quite different, this makes him an easy target for ...
Today's hot tip: Healing the Mind by Neal Grossman. ... From: John Willemsens <johnwillemsens@...> To: Advayavada Infocenter <advaya@...> Sent:...
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Hi John, ... I read the above statement and I wonder what to make of it. In particular I wonder if there is some Idea being expressed here which might help me...
Hello Terry, I regret that Spinoza used the term "God", which is definitely used by most other people in a different way, and not the word "Nature" instead,...
Hi John, ... To me the term "Nature" alone might have been just as bad. The "religionists" might then imagine that Spinoza was leaving "God" out all together...
I agree, Terri, that there is a real dialectical quality in Spinoza's language that is often overlooked. As to god and Nature (I quote myself here. Why not?...
