do you have any idea on what information source to consult: i am wanting to explore spinoza's relation with the science of it's time (besides of the letters:...
Dear lister: I'm fairly new to this list and have enjoyed many of the posts so far. Thank you all. Since I notice that some threads are winding down, I would...
Dear lister: I'm fairly new to this list and have enjoyed many of the posts so far. Thank you all. Since I notice that some threads are winding down, I would...
Daniel Gilbert, a Professor at Harvard claims that in order to comprehend a proposition, a person has to implicitly accept that proposition...Is this your...
As far as I know, Spinoza lived a more or less secluded existence after he was excommunicated. He reportedly never left the Netherlands, but he did have...
Hi I am writing a research paper about role of Spinoza in formation of secular state. I have some basic questions about how the formation of secular state was...
how to give one self an idea of the kind of relation spinoza might have had with science of his time? i know of the letters, but do you know of external...
Fanny: On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 04:55 AM, fanny20815 ... I take the latter--though I suppose I can see it being read both ways. The point is, one...
Isn't God as a necessary being a circular argument? Because Spinoza takes the question, "Does a being called God exist whose one of the attribute is Being?" ...
There's a fairly thoroughly researched biography of Spinoza titled "Within Reason;A life of Spinoza" written by Margaret Gullan- Whur.It's available through...
There is a list that discusses ETHICS. Probably that is the best place to post your questions? I assume you are discussing ETHICS? Look at the list of Spinoza...
In a message dated 3/4/2003 3:13:13 AM Mountain Standard Time, ... To a degree, Spinoza recapitulates the Ontological argument, which I have never found very...
... Bravo!! But one caveat: It is absurd to think that the argument should rest upon imagination; while it is seemingly necessitated to such given our having...
... Surely "Something can't come from nothing" is not Spinoza's argument nor does it even hold any water for two reasons. First of all the something in...
... This is obviously compatible with the thesis that something can't come from nothing. ... Hi Blake, The idea of a prime mover is compatible with the idea ...
we ... proves that ... imagination of ... necessary ... AND ALSO I CANNOT COME FROM NOTHING. THEREFORE I CAME FROM SOMETHING. THAT SOMETHING EXISTS. IN THAT...
In a message dated 3/6/2003 9:33:02 PM Mountain Standard Time, ... Define "Godless." In a very significant sense, Spinoza also believes in a "godless"...
Dear all, Apollonius77@... says a.o.: Spinoza's God is not a personal being. God, for Spinoza, is nature itself, subdivided into natura naturans, the force...
Okay... What I meant by Godless is that a Nature devoid of any conscious being. But, when Spinoza talks about his pantheistic beliefs referring the nature as...
In a message dated 3/7/2003 3:06:26 PM Mountain Standard Time, ... In my view, this is one of the most difficult areas of Spinoza's philosophy. He states that...
... Absolute infinity must be timeless and perfect AS SUCH. But on second thought, who is anyone to say "as such?" So, given Spinoza's theory of the...
... In E1P17, scol., what Spinoza criticizes is the idea that God thinks and wants things before creating them. If it were so, God's intelligence would be as...
In a message dated 3/8/2003 6:29:25 PM Mountain Standard Time, ... Oui, j'ai bien compris. Vous vous exprimez tres bien en anglais. Merci. --Henry [Non-text...
Dear friends, We have added the above interesting excerpt to our website. See http://www.euronet.nl/~advaya/excerpts.htm#ashby Kind regards, John Willemsens. ...
... Hello to you too, Budd. I believe natura naturata and natura naturans are one and the same thing looked at from two perspectives. Natura naturans sees...
