Dear friends, On November 22, Prof. Steven Nadler, of the University of Wisconsin, will give a talk in Utrecht on the above subject which I hope to attend....
That sounds like a very good and worthwhile "talk" coming up with Dr. Nadler. Maybe when you get back from the talk you could let us know something about what...
Hi All, In a private correspondence the question came up as to what we might make of the idea of "consciousness" in Spinoza's works. It occurred to me after...
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Dear friends, Just to inform you that the subject of consciousness appears repeatedly (but by no means exhaustively!) in our website. On the site map mentioned...
In Spinoza's writings we find in his Prin. of Descartes I/149 in Curley-p. 238, terms commonly associated with/as [content of] consciousness--thought, idea,...
... I once climbed Mt. Whitney with a friend in early June after some late snowfall had buried all the switchbacks, so the ascent was arduous. We were headed ...
On Saturday last I attended a lecture by prof. Steven Nadler at the University of Utrecht on the above and I have now added the following to the QandA section...
Hi Mark, <snip> ... <snip> A few thoughts came to mind while reading the post in which several quotes from Spinoza's "Principles of Descartes' Philosophy" were...
Is Spinoza's greatest challenge not that there not be the slightest difference in our understanding and appreciation of his philosophy when we should...
I agree with you in pointing out to those new to Spinoza, that his "Principles" was for use, as you say, as a study aid for a pupil. And the preface by Meyer...
And you ask in reference to those new to Spinoza, how they will know "what to accept and what to reject from this rearrangement of Descartes work." You are...
Hi Mark, One thing was a little unclear to me in the reference to Spinoza's correspondence with Oldenburg. It's not clear to me if you intended to ... which...
Hi John, ... that ... I believe that Spinoza uses the two terms God and Nature as identical in order to help the reader overcome the tendency to imagine, as...
Hi folks, I will spell this one out, there are quite a few propositions before it.. But I was wondering whether it all about mans ability to be aware of his...
... The other evening a woman was heard to remark that she "has thoughts which come out of nowhere." Consequences without premises. One realizes, however the...
William, I hope Sunh's contribution clarified some of my unclear question for you. I have reiterated below what I was able to understand from Sun, again, in...
Danielle, The way I have always understood it is as follows: To really know something is to know its causes. Since all is in god, the infinite chain of causes...
I tend to agree with Terry that Spinoza's use of terms and language [that there is something real in ideas] is such that it guides, controls, checks and...
Basically thought as you did, knowledge without its causes. I'd like to try and flesh this out a bit. Consequence I took to mean that which happens on account...
"For that thought is also called true which involves objectively the essence of some principle that does not have a cause, and is known through itself and in ...
Terry and Mark, many thanks for your remarks. For me it remains a litmus test for my own understanding of Spinoza's philosophy whether I can indistinctly use...
Mark, I received your email with TDIE p. 31 in Curley, barely after I had finished writing this one. I think that you kind of read my mind... do you agree? I...
Fernando writes: "The question then arises: are there causes that are not itself effects? Because if there are, then those could be known without knowing their...
Hi folks, I have been trying to understand this piece as well from "On the Improvement of the Understanding" and it seems to be related perhaps kind of...
Sometimes in our posts a topic will come up and we as a "group," sort of "pirate" it away in a direction maybe different from that originally intended. ...
I sent a reply to Fernando last night-it made it to the group site [yahoo groups] but did not appear in my e-mail, so I don't know if it "got through" as it ...
