Anthony Quinton on Spinoza and Leibniz: Section 2

The ideas of rationalist philosophers Baruch Spinoza and Gottfried Leibniz are examined in this program by philosophy Anthony Quinton. Spinoza favors a pantheistic God who has matter and mind as two attributes, and who is the ultimate substance and explanation of the world. Leibniz sees the real world as consisting of an infinity of things purely spiritual, where everything, including space, is a phenomenon—a by-product of areal world with an infinite array of spiritual centers. Both philosophers construct a world that is very different form what the average person perceives, and both reject Cartesian duality.

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[German1184]

Hey, compare the beginning of this video with this:

“Peter Singer on Hegel and Marx: Section 2”

watch?v=bDjXBr3RtKk

Have you noticed that both of these videos begin with the same framing of Magge saying the same thing and making the exact same gesture? Is this only a coincidence?! I don’t know ;)

I really love the way he says “Total Reality”. I hope to see this occurring more often on the show.

[thenerocomplex]

i think you've misunderstood something fundamental that nothing comes of nothing. we've contemplated this since parmenides and it must be true that nothing can never exist. existence could not have come from nothing because existence implies the very opposite. nothing can not exist. thusly, existence always was. what you are referring to with the big bang theory is something different. you are basing existence solely on the present. there was still existence before the 'big bang'.

[burmanhands]

Spinoza clearly wrote objectively about his own subjective experience of "unity consciousness". To try to understand a unified universe when your reference point is your consciousness functioning as the relative mind is an interesting intellectual theory - no more. LSD or deep self examination sometimes jolts people out of this limited mind into pure experience of consciousness.

[TheJbach]

He is infinite and we are limited.

[thepitnemesis]

@German1184 It's a complot.....

[Shreddersebbes]

I'm not sure that the intellectual love of God is correctly characterized as an emotion here especially considering that in the Ethics it is a matter of reason, not emotion, since emotions are passivities

[lordcadburyhopkins]

One of the better discussions of the free will problem available on the Tube, very nice!

[jayviper]

@VariousMetal pffft. ridiculous.... our society has allowed religion to poison it for far too long. Listen to the good Doctor and quit being whiny sheeple. Theres a reason hes a Doctor and you people are not. All these dumb people talking pseudo bro-science are just shackled in the cave. They are ignorant and provoke wars all because mommy and daddy taught them about the fsm when they were young. Dont respond to this because I wont read it...get published and I might come across it.... lol GL!

[VariousMetal]

@DrMontague and yet, here you are. in fact, due to your behavior here I dont think it would be a stretch to say that you just might be a troll. which would certainly be a shame because you are clearly knowledgeable. notice how I did not say "intellectual" because to truly be an intellectual you must accept that views other than your own could possibly be correct. notice that I am not saying you are wrong, merely that how you present your argument is glaringly flawed.