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?...
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Jun 15, 2006 4:04 am
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Thanks, Terry. For me, Spinoza's famous Deus sive Natura means just that: God, i.o.w. Nature. The formula clearly departs from the traditional interpretation...
We have added the above excerpt from chapter 16 of Spinoza's Political and Ethical Philosophy, by Robert A. Duff, to the webpage mentioned below. John...
Hi John, Stuart, and All, ... I like it. And indeed, by keeping that in mind, my imagination cannot just clamp down on one or the other term and go off...
Hi John, ... You might have meant the terms as others use them, not as Spinoza uses them. But then if that is the case what about the scientist who says: "I've...
Hello Terry, I should indeed have said: "Spinoza's Substance and Nature are synonymous and interchangeable - Substance and God as traditionally understood are...
Hi John, ... It seems we are perhaps in agreement then. I hope that you have a most enjoyable weekend. Warm Regards, Terry Ps: I have not yet received the...
Since I am not a latinist, I must ask: In the phrase 'God or Nature,' shouldn't one suppose, based on the usual translations and a standard interpretation of...
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Jun 16, 2006 5:51 am
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Hi, I think I agree with Stuart. But by the way, is it just the after affect of the 'enlightenment' that people are embarassed to say 'God'? Isn't it just...
Hi Stuart, I'll take a stab at the question (gee, what a gory sounding phrase, as if I'm going to try to kill or at least fend off the question --no wonder our...
First of all, mea culpa. I think in my note I transposed 'naturans' and 'naturata' as to intended meaning. But it obviously caused no harm. My intended meaning...
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I've added the word 'god' to '.....as a result of this less imaginable...{god}..... ... From: stuarts55@... To: spinoza@yahoogroups.com Cc:...
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Jun 16, 2006 5:06 pm
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Hi Stuart, ... I didn't comment any further on the observations with regard to Abraham, the Jews, Christians, etc. only because I find little value in such...
Hi folks, http://www.philosophyconferences.com/cfp-wandering-with-spinoza/ Just bringing your attention in case one of any of you wish to produce / present a...
First of all, Spinoza feared for his very life in publishing what he did. Eliminating the term 'God' would have made his tenuous situation untenable. But I'm...
I made a similar point earlier today. The implication of the deification of Nature is that the one substance has mental properties--one of its multiple...
Might this article be relevant to Spinoza's heterodox usage of the term "God'? SPINOZA'S SEMANTICS SEMANTIC CHANGE AND THE SEMANTICS OF SPINOZISM, Gerrit H....
The new Yahoo spam guard is stopping perfectly legitimate postings from going straight through to the lists! This means that some of our postings might be...
John, I am not aware of any case in which any message sent by a non-moderated member of any of my groups has been sent to me for approval rather than directly...
