Tag Archives: Spinoza

Optimistic Musings

Posted on May 21, 2009 by deadondres

What is the point of defining/seeking truth in like of the Hsi-Westbrook Theory of Wrongness? I think that this answer can also be divided, similarly to words/concepts, into the practical (literal) and the philosophical. The response will contradict itself. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Philosophy | Tagged action, Buddhism, ego, emotions, eternity, evolution, feelings, Ideas, infinity, knowledge, life, optimism, primitive, revelation, scripture, seeking, self, Spinoza, teaching | 1 Comment

Beyond Theism/Atheism

Posted on May 13, 2009 by deadondres

Puff Daddy: “Let’s change the world, BIG.” Notorious BIG: “Can’t change the world unless we change ourselves.” Beyond Atheism/Theism “I must create a system or be enslaved by another man’s; I will not reason and compare; my business is to … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Philosophy | Tagged agnosticism, atheism, belief, brand, catholicism, Christianity, discipline, division, faith, freedom, Gandhi, gentiles, gnostic, God, Gospel of Thomas, heaven, Hegel, history, judaism, knowledge, Leibniz, love, morality, Nietzshe, ownership, Pascal, raft, religion, Spinoza, spiritual, theism, tolerance, truth, unity, William Blake, wisdom, Wittgenstein | 1 Comment

Tying up Loose Ends

Posted on March 23, 2009 by activephilosophy

This post is a response to “Loose Ends” I originally wrote a several page response to your last post, where I went through your points one by one and developed either an agreement or a counter argument. Then, I realized … Continue reading →

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Loose Ends

Posted on March 21, 2009 by deadondres

I think this can be the last post I need in response because through this debate I think I’ve honed what I’m trying to say. This is a continuation of: On Science Religion, and Nationalism On Science, Religion, and Nationalism … Continue reading →

Posted in General Philosophies | Tagged bible, Buddhism, certainty, computers, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi, gospels, jesus, logic, malcolm x, Nelson Mandela, Philosophy, rationality, religion, science, scripture, socrates, Spinoza, superstition, technology, virgin birth, Wittgenstein, work, Zen | 3 Comments

On Fear of One Another II

Posted on March 20, 2009 by activephilosophy

This blog is in response to Fear of One Another Which is a follow up to the debate started in the posts On Science, Religion, and Nationalism On Science, Religion, and Nationalism II I will also admit that I was … Continue reading →

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Fear of One Another

Posted on March 18, 2009 by deadondres

This is in response to On Science, Religion, and Nationalism II. Now I confess that I wrote that last one in a sort of provoking manner…saying some seemingly outlandish things. But I think I can adequately at least show my … Continue reading →

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Correlation – First Truths

Posted on March 16, 2009 by deadondres

Gottfried Leibniz was a contemporary of Spinoza (they are called the two greatest rationalists after Descartes – read correctly either way) who had reviewed the Ethics but did not agree philosophically on the grounds that it contradicted Orthodox belief. His … Continue reading →

Posted in General Philosophies, Quotes | Tagged Aristotle, atom, body, conception, contingent, contradiction, creation, criticism, essentialism, God, independant, infinity, Leibniz, morality, necessary, negation, Philosophy, scholarship, soul, space, Spinoza, substance, time, truth, vacuum | 4 Comments

Baruch Spinoza, Part I – or, Don’t Blame God for Religion

Posted on March 11, 2009 by deadondres

Devising this post set my blogging back a considerable amount timewise. It is in response to Caprice, and also in response to Self Control. It is also a continuation of The Calculus of Decisions. Spinoza is an amazing thinker. I … Continue reading →

Posted in General Philosophies | Tagged Baruch Spinoza, Buddha, decisions, ethics, excommunication, God, Ideas, judaism, knowledge, milton, morals, orthodox, paradise lost, Philosophy, portuguese, satan, Spinoza, suffering, Wittgenstein, Zen | 5 Comments

Caprice

Posted on February 7, 2009 by deadondres

This is in response to Faith. Something said one day doesn’t sound as correct the next. How to overcome this/take on grand projects? For example, I look back on my old posts and cringe. Then I read them again and … Continue reading →

Posted in Quick Ideas | Tagged caprice, decisions, decisive, Goya, Spinoza, undulations | 3 Comments

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