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Spinoza Anonymous Mon May 14 22:41:59 2018 No.11154256 [Reply] [Original]

What did you take from his works?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 14 22:42:58 2018 No.11154260 >>11154256 I haven't been able to read him

>>	Anonymous Mon May 14 22:43:24 2018 No.11154261 HOLY SHIT I'M A WORM LOOK HOLY SHIT I'M A WORM IN A VEIN LOOOK

>>	Anonymous Mon May 14 22:57:55 2018 No.11154332 Any rational belief can and should be justified, given a proper series of logical premises and conclusions. There is no need to have unquestioned, illogical beliefs.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 15 00:44:09 2018 No.11154823 >>11154256 sometimes people just can't help it! lmao!

>>	Anonymous Tue May 15 00:52:37 2018 No.11154852 >>11154256 >dude what if like, every thing is just an attribute of a single infinite substance lmao

>>	Anonymous Tue May 15 00:58:51 2018 No.11154881 >>11154256 Knowledge = power

Anonymous Tue May 15 01:23:41 2018 No.11154969

>>11154256
Even though I don't agree with some of the axioms in his Ethics, reading him is quite enjoyable because of how well laid out his book is. It's stimulating enough without me needing to rack my brain trying to figure out what he's getting at.

Btw the axiom I take issue with is Axiom 4: that knowledge of an effect depends on knowledge of the cause.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 15 01:39:16 2018 No.11155022 >>11154256 What should i read before i read the ethics?

Anonymous Tue May 15 01:42:01 2018 No.11155032

>>11155022
You can honestly dive right in. The book I have has an essay of his, On the Improvement of the Understanding, before Ethics. It's a nice supplement, but you don't need it.

You may want to look up what essence, existence, and substance typically meant at that time.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 15 01:45:20 2018 No.11155040 >>11154332 Why?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 15 01:45:25 2018 No.11155041 The bulk of my notion of God. Also how much of a brainlet I am along with 99.9% of other human beings. Reading the Ethics is like taking a direct look into a mind that will forever be greater than your own.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 15 02:59:10 2018 No.11155306 >>11155041 This. Nothing makes me feel like a tard like Spinoza

Anonymous Tue May 15 03:21:12 2018 No.11155378

>>11154969
>Btw the axiom I take issue with is Axiom 4: that knowledge of an effect depends on knowledge of the cause.

Interesting. Wouldn't you say that the third type of knowledge ("authentic" knowledge of essences) requires a complete understanding of causes in order for the effects to be truly understood rather than merely correlated or partially understood?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 15 07:55:23 2018 No.11156118 >>11155041 >>11155306 yeah dude how were his thoughts so organized? but also he was very much a product of his times

>>	Anonymous Tue May 15 07:56:23 2018 No.11156122 >>11154256 rereading ethics rn, i'll tell u in a bit

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