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I keep hearing about this nigger but he sounds fucking retarded
>muh monism
>muh single substance
>muh geometrical reasoning
how tf motion exists with one substance, how does something of one substance perceive something of the same substance if they're the same shit? Literally retarded logic lmao...

All arguments against hard determinism sound like (and are) brainlet copes.
That said, the main point of understanding the fact of hard determinism is then realizing that it doesn't even really matter.

>>18565712
Spinoza is cute desu

Would you call Spinoza a Hedonist?

yall niggaz for real now?

>>17958769
seethe

Where do i start with Spinoza and what should i read before i start with Spinoza to get the most out of reading his books?

>Read Spinoza
>Regard everything that I should do as necessary
>No longer can deny its existence, therefore it occupies the chief position in my mind, as long as I regard it as necessary

Thank you Spinoza for teaching me how to have unlimited motivation, you beautiful jew

>>17636697
Oof, Hegel. Been there done that. Spinoza (pbuh) reins supreme.

>>17570257
Vaccilation of the spirit, you can have contrary emotions at the same time, until you resolve the contradictions, you won't have peace of mind

Started reading this guy. What am I missing? Why do so many famous people love this guy so much? Am I reading the wrong book?

If you disagree with me, you have inadequate ideas and are subject to the bondage of the passions. Psychology figured out.

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>God is real because.

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/lit/ must be the best board on this entire site. Top fucking discourse

Should Philosophy be considered Fiction or Non-Fiction?

Doesn't the fact that suicide exist refute his entire philosophy?

1. God is non-contingent.
2. The world is contingent.
3. If God = the world, God is contingent.
4. Therefore, 3 contradicts 1 so God is not God.

>>17303155
No, just love god bro.

Reading him and Ethics for the first time.
does this sperg really begin with Anselm's debunked ontological argument for the existence of Substance/God? am I misreading it.

What are STEM-approved philosophers? Reading philosophers that were debunked by science feels like a waste of time desu

Is this a good example of what Spinoza meant by "God"?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rbEy8EO8Yko

So... its all associations and momentum?

>>17112660
"The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free."