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Who else besides Spinoza has described how to resolve Descartes separation of thought and matter?
Descarte famously divided thought from matter and placed them in separate realms.
Spinoza put them together by placing them within God as the two modes - thought and extension - that are visible to ...
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Reasons to not teach Spinoza in secondary school
In The Netherlands, it's on some schools possible to get philosophy taught from the fourth to the sixth grade of high school (that's the age group 15-18). I've done this.
I discovered that Spinoza's ...
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Spinoza's a priori proof for the existence of God
I am currently studying some aspects of Spinoza's philosophy, mainly in contrast to Kant. It seems to me that Spinoza is just the kind of "dogmatic metaphysician" Kant criticises. I know that Kant ...
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How does the writing style of Spinoza's Ethics affect the reception of its meaning?
The works of Marshall McLuhan and others explore the way meaning comes to be conditioned by the nature of the medium through which it is conveyed. The key emphasis for McLuhan however centred upon ...
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In what ways are the philosophies of Spinoza and Nietzsche comparable?
“I am utterly amazed, utterly enchanted! I have a precursor, and what
a precursor! I hardly knew Spinoza: that I should have turned to him
just now, was inspired by “instinct.” Not only is his ...
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What should I read to learn about Spinoza's philososphy?
I don't have much philosophical background aside from a couple college classes and stuff I've picked up from general interest.
I'd like to learn Spinoza's philosophy. What is a good starting place? ...
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Meaning of Spinoza's First Axiom
Spinoza's first axiom in The Ethics goes "All things which are either are in themselves or in another." Omnia quae sunt vel in se vel in alio sunt. The meaning of this, as many commentators have ...
