| An idea, which excludes the existence of our body, cannot be postulated in our mind, but is contrary thereto. |
Ethics = on the origin and nature of the emotions
Essence
Being - ' the substance of infinite attributes'
Nature
Einstein's God
Intuition, Reason, Imagination
Self Understanding
The rational leads to 'blessings'
Spinoza Research Network http://spinozaresearchnetwork.wordpress.com
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Podcasts: http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2009/05/thinking-with-spinoza-politics-philosophy-and-religion/
Resources
Philosopher's Zone RN http://www.abc.net.au/rn/philosopherszone/stories/2011/3231566.htm
From the Transcript: "Spinoza thinks that there are three ways of apprehending the world. There's intuition, there's reason, philosophy and science and so on, and there's the imagination." (religion is a fiction)
"the role of religion is really in controlling and kind of helping to manage people's feelings and images when they're in this irrational state."
Philoctetes ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v29FVZ0rry8
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th4ohThWkzQ The Life and Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza pt1
Baruch Spinoza himself said that intuition is the highest attainable form of knowledge.
Ethics: http://frank.mtsu.edu/~rbombard/RB/Spinoza/ethica-front.html
ON THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE EMOTIONS - http://frank.mtsu.edu/~rbombard/RB/Spinoza/ethica3.html
General stuff on Spinoza http://www.yesselman.com/
Denies an anthropomorphic God. God is Nature; there is nothing but Nature that can be apprehended through scientific understanding and inquiry.
Radical Enlightenment ideas: demand for broad education and education for women, a set of view; anti-authoritarian, anti-clerical, anti-moniacal, strong opposition to govt corruption, opp to colonial exploitation and slavery, opp to tax farming,
