(Existential Comics) – While Spinoza did sort of believe in God, it was a God that wasn’t too compatible with the religions of the time. As a result, Spinoza was excommunicated when he was 23, which was actually before he published anything, but presumably it was for his radical ‘Atheist’ ideas. They claimed the reason was for his “evil opinions” and “abominable heresies”, as well as “monstrous deeds”. They didn’t really expand on exactly what that meant. …
Posts Tagged ‘Baruch Spinoza’
Why Spinoza still matters
2019-04-23(Aeon Essays) – Steven Nadler:
At a time of religious zealotry, Spinoza’s fearless defence of intellectual freedom is more timely than ever. …
On Secret Diplomacy
2017-12-06(FTB stderr) – Marcus Ranum:
Elsewhere I have implied that the US, UK, Russia, and China are (to some degree or another) oligarchies masquerading as democracies. They probably could be ordered on a scale from greater to lesser – but that’s a debate for another day. Today, we’re going to consider some of Spinoza’s Tractatus Theologico-Politicus as reported by Will Durant in The Story of Philosophy. …
stderr 2017/12/03 secret-diplomacy
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