... Before I get into it, I just want to ask the group at large if anyone knows what Einstein, a "devout" Spinozist, has to say, if anything, about Spinoza's...
Hi Donovan, You write: ... Do you mean by "quantity" what Spinoza also names as the attribute of extension? If not then what do you mean by "infinite...
... My "points" in "mindspace" were intended to occupy the "field" previously occupied by one of Spinoza's figures, say the sphere, which involves an idea of...
Hi Donovan, I have offered my thoughts on E2P13L2 and related it to the properties of the Understanding which Spinoza listed at the end of The Improvement and ...
Hi All, In studying Spinoza's works it becomes apparent, even if only by reading his words, that he distinguishes between two fundamentally different ways in ...
Hi All, Spinoza defines three Kinds of Knowledge in the Ethics: ======= E2: PROP. 40, Note 2: --From all that has been said above it is clear, that we, in many...
... Hi Terry, Thanks for making your wishes known about continuing the slow reading. Where are the others? Perhaps I disagree with both you and Spinoza. For...
Donovan, Are you disagreeing with Spinoza? We know all imagination (and error) can be brought under the umbrella of the Intellectual order. We can...
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Hi Donovan and All, You wrote: ... When I first joined this list around ten years ago (when Lance was hosting it on his own server, before it was moved to...
... Let's find out. ... Does Spinoza say that a man may be the cause of his own emotion? What does Spinoza say is the difference, if any, between an emotion ...
S: But I ask (I'm really just asking here): is there anything ... D: Does Spinoza say that a man may be the cause of his own emotion? What does Spinoza say is...
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Donovan, The following is somewhat for the fun of it. I don't suppose it actually answers the question yu asked. But it may be suggestive in some sense,...
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To all Blind copied recipients, As per the subject line, communication will be patchy, if not totally impossible, expect everything to be as right as rain (in...
Hi Donovan, Stuart, and All, As I often do, the following is directed toward the general reader even if written in response to Donovan's post. I assume that...
... Your heartfelt valuation of Spinoza is apparent. ... This sounds idealistic. I think that generally the sects and whatnot you refer to are bogged down in...
... From: stuarts55@... To: StuartS55@... Sent: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 9:53 pm Subject: Re: [spinoza] Re: Imagination and understanding To Donovan S:Â There...
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... For me, the service performed by W. lies in his sounding a loud and clear cautionary note concerning the limits of language, and consequently of "ordinary"...
Hi Terry, Donovan, Stuart and all, I have exactly the same situation that Terry explained of his own in ten years ego. In addition, I have another hesitation...
Hi all I continue to learn from your debates here, in Spinoza group, and I like you continue your slow riding of the Improvement … Now, in new debates I have...
Greetings all, I am very pleased to find this Forum. Thank you. I don't like categories, but I suppose you can classify me as a Jewish (culturally) agnostic. I...
In my post (re-posted below) I said "I hope someone can help me better understand Spinoza's concept of "a personal God." More accurately, I meant to say "I...
Hi Moosavi and All, I am glad that you have posted here on the Spinoza List and I hope that you find doing so as much of a growth experience as I am finding it...
Along with Spinoza and Einstein, we must be deeply skeptical of a "personal" God. The idea has been manipulated for centuries to control religious beliefs,...
Hi Joe and All, I'm pleased that you have found your way to this forum and I hope you will find it an aid to your thinking about the ideas Spinoza has...
Hello Joe, Just an aside to Terry's typically splendid feasts of Spinozistic delicacies. There seem to be two concepts of God at large. First, the ("self")...
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... literature ... through ... quotes" ... Hey Joe, As a person comung at Spinoza from the direction of having an experience of God (not a personal god) but...
I have a slightly different take on Spinoza's view of a personal God. Constantine is certainly right to say that Spinoza believes that the vast history of a...
Hello Constantine, Ethan, Dave, Terry, and Stuart ! I don't know how to begin to thank you all. I was honestly afraid that my simplistic post would be ignored,...
Erfane Sharghi said if someone think deeply to God he/she will become God ! one persian philosopher said "ana alhagh " means I am God, around 500 years ago if...
