Hi Constantine, I like your Bush/Cheney WMD analogy, but it is "localized",i.e., to the U.S.A. "smokescreen" as you aptly put it. My question about this...
Hello again, everyone. I am posting below for Donovan, since he has technical glitches preventing him from posting from the road. He and I are posting below...
Jews basically believe in free will. Spinoza believed in determinism. As much I have always tried to understand this, I've failed. If I can choose to open a...
In short, your decision to not open the door, just like your original decision to open the door is predetermined. I think this is a simple answer to a complex...
Ethan, many thanks. If you can elaborate a bit that would be very helpful. Thanks, Joe ... original ... simple answer ... I'll write ... determinism. ... I can...
Ethan, you stated below that "...there is not any truth to the personality of the God of the bible..." How do we know this? Thanks, Joe ... God. ... the vast ...
Joe, This is not the answer you're looking for but it would probably be best to commence a start to finish reading of the Ethics. *The Ethics* is not simply a...
Joe, It seems to me that that the "coincidence" about religions and a judeo-christian God may suggest more about human nature and sociology than that the...
FROM DONOVAN Sat, 4 Aug 2007 21:32:00 EST HI Joe, Again, I am posting from a hotel room, so please send this on to the list, if you feel okay to do that. I...
Thanks, Ethan, I think Donovan will be able to point me to some online resources for The Ethics. I hope I will be able to understand it; I'm still waiting for...
Many times?I write emails to the group and then decide not to send them. I wrote this on July 19th as you can see below. It was a "whim."??Given the recent...
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In the words of Spinoza, "All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare." In some ways Spinoza is the antithesis of the for-dummies series! Pickup the...
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Joe, That is basically the standard translation. I find books easier to read and for the most part, I find the Oxford edition of the book to be the best. Just...
Dave, your nature-is-God-experience is fascinating! Do you know what triggered it? Thank you and I agree with Jesus' status as a most important Jew...but...
Hi Terry, many thanks for the warm welcome to this inner sanctum! Joe ... hope you ... expressed ... explain what he ... expressed in many ... Understand what ...
Hi, Stuart, I think I understand your two God distinctions. But I'm not sure I understand the "traditional" God and the "Spinoza-type" God clashing over time,...
Hi folks, I just published my book showing that Spinoza is essentially a nondual thinker. The ebook is free and I set the price as low as lulu.com would allow....
Will read it if I can find it. I am reading "Betraying Spinoza" by Rebecca Goldstein", very good. Dave Mahar ... From: dimitarpen <dimitarpen@...> To:...
David, it's available at Amazon.com - Joe http://www.amazon.com/Conversation-Spinoza-Cobweb-Writings- Unbound/dp/0810123762/ref=sr_1_1/104-4274576-6354313? ...
Sorry I messed up on one or more of the URLs. To be clear: My Yiddishe Spinoza http://www.autodidactproject.org/my/blog-culture-0607.html#e13 . .and Muse by...
Joe, just kidding about Gershwin. I have no idea what triggered my experience. At the time I was hanging out with some seekers in California who told me I...
Dave, I was also kidding about Einstein vs Gershwin. Great to hear your experience! Hey, we should find a Spinoza Cafe halfway between us (I'm in West LA) and...
Hi, Ethan and all. I started today to delve into Oxford edition of Spinoza Ethics and...it is very difficult reading! I won't give up just yet........ My son...
Just take it slowly. Don't worry about understanding everything. On your first read, just zip through to get the overall picture and stop wherever you're...
Hi Ethan, I'm interested in your group reading, sign me up! And this morning, the first thing I did was read a sentence of Spinoza "On God" and thought, "I...
