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Slow reading of Plato's Timaeus beginning

Lancelot R. Fletcher — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 07:39:03 GMT

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Re: "Skillful Means"

spinoza_gurdjieff — Tue, 16 Mar 2004 08:11:51 GMT

Dear Sunhunter. You are a remarkable individual! Iris ... academics ... his ... Ethics, ... necessarily ... being; ... infinite ... which ... name ... which

Re: "Skillful Means"

SunHunter9@... — Sat, 29 Jun 2002 00:06:27 GMT

... The Improvement contains Spinoza's actual methods of work, but most academics seem to feel that the Ethics, with TPT, is the mature expression of his

Re: "Skillful Means"

Frank Dixon — Fri, 28 Jun 2002 14:01:31 GMT

Dear SH: Exactly. But take care. Those who make a "spititualist" of Spinoza err just as surely as those who make of him a materialist. Frank P.S. I can be

"Skillful Means"

SunHunter9@... — Fri, 28 Jun 2002 03:35:04 GMT

"...it is well that we should briefly enumerate the means necessary for attaining our end. I. To have an exact knowledge of our nature which we desire to

A note to readers of this list.

Terry Neff — Mon, 17 Jun 2002 16:30:54 GMT

Please forgive the intrusion on this list. I have modified my web site and included the following note there and which I also wish to apply to any past

Re: sed intelligere

charles saunders — Wed, 18 Apr 2001 18:18:01 GMT

... between "predetermination" and the concept of "no free will".The Predeterminism in Spinoza operates at a macro level and refers to the modifications of

Re: sed intelligere

HSigerson@... — Wed, 11 Apr 2001 15:18:05 GMT

In a message dated 4/11/2001 10:02:48 AM Central Daylight Time, ... Hello Raphael, The best answer I can give you, off the cuff, is that the last three books

sed intelligere

Rafael Robles — Wed, 11 Apr 2001 14:39:10 GMT

Yes, I know, "not cry, not to get angry, but understand" But why the ethics? If we are determined why should we have the ethics??? Rafael ...

Re: why ethics in Spinoza?

Blake McBride — Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:54:13 GMT

... I wouldn't say that a human is God any more than I would say that a wave is the ocean. Ultimately, there is no free will. However, from a narrow

Re: why ethics in Spinoza?

HSigerson@... — Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:20:00 GMT

In a message dated 3/26/2001 1:25:20 AM Central Standard Time, ... Hello Rafael, I have always taken Spinoza to be in line with ancient Stoicism. Because we

why ethics in Spinoza?

rafarolo@... — Mon, 26 Mar 2001 07:24:18 GMT

Hello: If the human is God (everything is God in Spinoza), and there is not free will, what is the sense of the ethics? Thanks Rafael

Re: Idea without words

SunHunter9@... — Sun, 11 Feb 2001 00:26:16 GMT

... Endeavoring to express ideas without using words can obviously be a very creative pursuit. I was just playing a couple of Bach Inventions, which are fine

Re: Idea without words

tneff@... — Fri, 09 Feb 2001 20:18:34 GMT

Hi All, ... I tell you about my having approached a particular tree in the park and hearing the tree talking. Later you are walking in the park and as you

Idea without words

Charles M. Saunders — Fri, 09 Feb 2001 14:45:52 GMT

Hello Friends,One of the members requested an example of an Idea without words.Since this space is dedicated to the TIE an illustration using Spinoza's example