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It is said that James Joyce frequently chuckled, or broke into full blown laughter, while writing “Ulysses.” I found out why. Parts of it are utterly hysterical, and I wondered if this book influenced John Lennon….It takes careful observation of one

" To your further question, whether things and their modifications are eternal truths, I answer: Certainly. If you ask me, why I do not call them eternal truths, I answer, in order to distinguish them, in accordance with general usage, from those

I recommend a close reading of TEI. Spinoza dismisses maths/geometry as mere “beings of reason.” He has no beef with non-Euclidean geometry, and his endeavor is metaphysics. One must inquire into the existence of their own mind/body. What is the cause

Thanks, I’ll jot that down. Huxley is most dear to me for his “Art of Seeing.” He and I are plagued by visual issues. I didn’t go with the Bates Method (which he managed to sell Krishnamurti on) but his insights into the “situational awareness

continuous, supreme, and unending happiness.” =============================== On Jul 18, 2015, at 10:39 AM, Donovan Rundle donovanrundle@^$1 [spinoza] < spinoza@^$2 > wrote: I have to admit, my interest in Spinoza is not to satisfy a curiosity about physics

On Jul 18, 2015, at 3:56 AM, Blake McBride blake@^$1 [spinoza] < spinoza@^$2 > wrote: On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Luis Gutierrez luiguti_88@^$3 [spinoza] < spinoza@^$4 > wrote: In response to Blake's analogy of the loaf of bread regarding time, I will

18, 2015, at 5:20 AM, Blake McBride blake@^$1 [spinoza] < spinoza@^$2 > wrote: On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Donovan Rundle donovanrundle@^$3 [spinoza] < spinoza@^$4 > wrote: People prefer to ignore the text and so, they can imagine that they know something, even about

People prefer to ignore the text and so, they can imagine that they know something, even about Spinoza. Without the highest standard of the true idea, most who make pseudo-philosophic utterances are merely distracting students from the text. Of course

Thanks. I look forward to listening when I get a free several minutes. ================================================== Kip S. Thorne: kip@^$1 350-17 Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125 Phone: +1 626 395-4598; Fax: +1 626 796-5675 Administrative Assistant

Can we agree that Spinoza was not a Platonist? Mathematics is a way people represent their world to themselves. Check out Morris Kline’s “Mathematics: Loss of Certainty” Euclidean geometry is an historical artifact because space is curved these days