Spinoza

[archie977]

i want to join

[ThermalHD]

Why is madonna discussing spinoza???

[ringawing]

Guy in sweater vest at 24:26 : for spinoza "nature is not the object of worshipful awe, or any kind of religious attitude; the proper attitude to take towards nature is that of scientific inquiry". an interesting claim about spinoza's ethical posture towards the world, which he has determined to be of one substance. but i think it is a hasty one. In my understanding he does not want to seize upon nature and render it knowable, as this would suggest.There seems to be room for ontological awe

[Urdoxa]

Catherine Wilson is cute. It's hilarious they all dodge a discussion of Deleuze.

[dantean]

@Urdoxa Probably busy discussing Spinoza instead, the jerks!

[langzaam2]

Why Spinoza came to write what he did was not discussed. His grandparents fell victum to inquisition and fled Portugal to France. His family confronted with the same problems in France and the whole family fled and found refuge in Holland. Spinoza, born in Amsterdam, now educated and sophisticated recognises the horrors of the past and delivers democracy instead. That is Spinoza, telling the world about the deception of organised religion making miracles believable. Thomas Jefferson, way to go!

[sulthus]

Why dont you put ads on your videos? If you need money (I am aware that this came out in 09) but if you still do...well...

[SweetFire96]

Where Dr. Joel Whitebook says: "even clinically the problem is to find the most valid... fit, or the most valid... form of communication between the drives of the emotions, the ego, and the conscienceness"

Won't that be a startpoint where Carl G. Jung's works come in handy?

Once again you are all a great example of patience and mutual respect.

[SweetFire96]

Ever since i started to read Spinoza's work, very soon i felt his words placed me in warm Sunlight.

Amazing how Spinoza shows through his work the patience he allows/chooses to explain his idea's.

Ofcourse, i ain't very surprised that youngsters recognise what they miss in our current day "Coffee to Go" society.

[SweetFire96]

At first i was very angry & sad ofcourse.. that Spinoza was never mentioned at school.

"We could have done so much good with his works!"

Great to watch this debate!

High Five to you all! (and one extra to Steve since my bookshelf hold more of his books : ) To be continued because one view will not promise total saturation.

[danielmizzle]

in response to Dr. Nadler:

Spinoza is not a dualist. your reference to a dualism of thought and extension is misconstrued I suspect. He says that thought and extension are one and the same thing but are expressed in two different ways. Which would be explainable by his argument for Modes of the one substance being the source of all existing variety and apparent differences we can perceive. We could say he appears to be, on the surface, a dualist.. but only if we do no further reduction

[Borisvdham]

Here a vlog about spinoza: freethought point com

[castano2001]

What a great surprise, especially getting the chance to hear Jonathan Israel. I have recently come to know his work and he seems to have done a tremendous achievement with his massive tomes on enlightenment. Specially, his focus on Spinoza’s significant influence on radical enlightenment. THANKS for the post!!

[alifeofreason]

Thank you! What a rare find on youtube, a 2 hour and 15 minute discussion between Spinoza scholars! This made my day!

[TheNovembergraveyard]

It depends on how we define atheism. Spinoza was very critical of the Judeo-Christian God and essentially argued that all religion is based on superstition and lies.

Spinoza's God is synonymous with Nature. In "the Ethics" he uses the terms interchangeably. Many atheists were attracted to Spinoza because he argued that their is no divine power that places judgment on the actions of men. Spinoza In this sense, I would like to think that Spinoza is atheist.

[DrMontague]

Isn't capitalism an absolutely wonderful system?!

Evey ime I put the news on there is no money for this or that. or there are cut backs. They should be discussing Karl Marx!

[knocked44]

Catherine Wilson, I appreciate you're sunny-side-up attitude, but try to take my time seriously. I'm not interested in a giggle fest.

[BarcSsarc]

@knocked44 So Catherine Wilson spent her personal time to participate in this roundtable discussion for your personal and strictly serious enjoyment? What an absurd and condescending thing for you to write.

[knocked44]

did Nadler just say the mind is a 'reflection' of the body? Wow, stick to thumbtack analogies. You're out of your depth if that's your conclusion.

[knocked44]

did somebody tell Jonathan Israel that he would be getting paid per word?

[zappa3837]

If Spinoza makes a ontological distinction between mental and physical, and these are equal components of nature, then he isn't a naturalists in the modern sense of the world. Modern naturalists do not make such a distinction; and if they do, it's not an ontological distinction.

[FaaarLeft]

Akeel's style is fine. Be nice folks.

[ThWilder]

qualcuno aggiunga sottotitoli in italiano

[esharpie420]

the more this video goes on the more i dont really care for Akeel Bilgrami

[esharpie420]

i wish steven nadler spoke more. hes more interesting to listen to.

[juanamary999]

never bring a solution to the table, they just bable about questions that have been asked since the age of time by all kinds of poets.

[m4ddn3ss]

I agree Jacob. He's too slow. He needs to stop introducing his thought and just get on with it.

[bledges]

The guy at 6:20 is apparently from the future.

[jacobkinzey]

The moderator talks as if he's saying something great, but he doesn't end up saying much.

[JerryKitich]

philosophers should never have to talk about finances or administration

[RosaeCrucis57]

First, Philosophical genius...then a hard working lens grinder.