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Dear Rafael, I would recommend that your nephew begin by reading Spinoza’s Tractatus de Intellectus Emendatione (Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect). It is brief and very incomplete, but the first few pages are beautifully written and inspiring

Does anyone here have access to the Dutch translation of Spinoza’s Ethics published in 1677 as part of his Nagelate Schriften? In Curley’s translation he translates ID6 as follows: > D6: By God I understand a being absolutely infinite, i.e., a

these groups who live in Israel and would like to arrange a meeting for some philosophical conversation, contact me by email to lrfletcher@^$1. Lance

This may be of interest to members who are residents of the UK or EU. Lance Fletcher Begin forwarded message: > From: "Lord, Beth" > Subject: PhD Funding avaible - Spinoza > Date: May 31, 2013 21:03:03 GMT+04:00 > To: PHILOS-L@^$1 > Reply-To: "Lord, Beth

--- In spinoza@^$1, "TARIK ÖZKANLI" wrote: > > Hi, > I am reading Ethics now. > I wonder if anyone in the history of philosophy have tried to show/prove > that the statements in the Ethics are actually consistent througout the > book. > Is there such a

No matter. I found what I was looking for. It was the following passage from John Aubrey's 'Brief Lives': "When Spinoza's Tractatus Theologico-Politicus first came out [1670], Mr. Edmund Waller sent it to my lord of Devonshire and desired him to send him

I seem to remember once a quotation from a letter by Hobbes -- possibly to Oldenburg -- in which Hobbes was remarking about the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus, saying something to the effect that in this book Spinoza had expressed himself much more openly

John, I am a bit puzzled by what you say here, and I wonder if you would be willing to clarify it. Do you think there is an error in the proof of VP22? If so, what is it? When you say, "we now know that in reality it [meaning mind or thought] pertains only

Philip, First, thanks for the recommendation of Jonathan Israel's book. I haven't read it, but from the comments I have just read at Amazon I am looking forward to having it and reading it. As for Christopher Norris's book, I too have it and, although I

If there is a desire to discuss the ideas of Bill Gates and Warren Buffet on any subject, I will happily create a Buffet-Gates list, however such discussion is not appropriate here. Lance Fletcher list owner stuarts55@^$1 wrote: > You know, when a guy