Anthony Quinton on Spinoza and Leibniz: Section 5

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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[sirharryflashmanVC]

"This solomonic carve up of the cosmic baby". I think Quinton was quite pleased with that one...

Thanks flame0430 great show, it really makes me want to do some reading and find out more.

[RoadlessPath]

Thank you for posting this video

[BagarozziBoi]

Quinton clearly doesn't like Kant, he disses him quite badly at a couple of points in the program.

[JamesPliny]

I certainly gained something from this video and appreciate the fact that it was relatively easy for a novice like me to understand. On Spinoza: I have never before found an explanation of the nature of God that appealed to me.

Thank you.

[p3tr0114]

Yes, I was considering myself why Spinoza and Leibniz went down the corridor of thought on ideas of God.

A likely explanation is that they were trying to fit in the idea of God with ideas like Newton's theorys.

[newcjon]

Thanks so much for uploading. These videos are brilliant.

[Adastra14]

Mr Flame. you rock sir :D

[corsarioriddim]

Thanks for posting



[djsmurfie]

@Sgirardacus I don't think it is really. Voltaire was a very average thinker.

[petebax1]

The difference between all thought is weather we believe in logic and reason or miracles. I believe that logic and reason are the gifts of God but have an open mind

on everything else as logic and reason dictates.

[luitek]

Excellent conversation... What eloquence! Leibniz was my favorite philosopher in college... lovely to hear such a well articulated synopsis on his outlook.

[Kitsua]

Great series of videos, and Shostakovich to play us out! Perfect.