Dear Lancelot, < < I long ago created an "index of implication" for Spinoza's Ethics, < to serve as a tool for studying the logical structure of the Ethics. ...
Joseph B. Yesselman
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Sep 5, 2001 4:23 am
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... I think it is resolved easily by looking at IP15: Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived. Spinoza himself makes the...
mingshan87@...
Sep 5, 2001 4:23 am
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... IP26. ... necessarily ... determined by ... produce an ... another ... contradict one ... be God, ... which is ... I have found that some of the more...
Frank Dixon
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Sep 5, 2001 9:35 pm
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... ============================ Exactly my mindset since I can remember. I don't even understand how people can read even the Old Testament and not believe...
ethel jean saltz
nietgal@...
Sep 6, 2001 1:37 pm
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I made a similar observation to Stephen Jay Gould who, in a picture book dedicated to the paintings of Frederic Church, 'lowed as how the beautiful landscapes...
Frank Dixon
fdixon65@...
Sep 6, 2001 4:22 pm
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Hello: My English is not good, so I write in in Spanish in response to Frank Dixon . I hope somebody will understand it. The main point is that "Nature" is not...
rafarolo@...
Sep 7, 2001 5:41 am
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... Frank ... sive ... =============================== I do not speak or read Spanish. Maybe someone can paraphrase Raphael's comment (following). Regarding...
Frank Dixon
fdixon65@...
Sep 7, 2001 5:03 pm
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... ========================== Two statements here. First, when I discussed ETHICS in a group, I noticed that the group had been influenced by their study of...
ethel jean saltz
nietgal@...
Sep 7, 2001 7:26 pm
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I am a newcomer to this list and have finally gotten around to reading some of the prior posts from last year. I was particularly taken by the discussion...
Frank Dixon
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Sep 8, 2001 2:04 pm
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... Not all computer professionals think the same way about computers/humans/knowledge. First of all, in my own experience in systems analysis in the computer...
ethel jean saltz
nietgal@...
Sep 9, 2001 1:18 pm
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... =========================== It would indeed be surprising if they did. ... problem ... =========================== Interesting. I would love to read your...
Frank Dixon
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Sep 9, 2001 9:10 pm
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... ============== ANd our process of discussion, might it not be part of the IP28/IP26 dilemma? In order to explain universals we end up being discrete and ...
ethel jean saltz
nietgal@...
Sep 10, 2001 1:35 pm
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... see ... attributes. ... is ... we ... the others. ... the ... the ... attribute ... intellect ... awareness. ... essence, the ... contemplating ... is ... ...
Frank Dixon
fdixon65@...
Sep 10, 2001 11:48 pm
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... know ... is ... ====================================== Spinoza: "We delight in whatever we understand by the third kind of knowledge, and our delight is...
Frank Dixon
fdixon65@...
Sep 11, 2001 12:36 am
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... ================ Think of this with association with Maclean's Triune Brain: reptilian; limbic/emotional; rational operating systems working independently....
ethel jean saltz
nietgal@...
Sep 11, 2001 4:25 pm
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Hi Ethel, A few thoughts came to mind (parallel with some bodily motions in my brain no doubt) while reading yours and others recent posts: <snip> ... <snip> ...
Terry Neff
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Sep 11, 2001 6:28 pm
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... Hi Terry: I thoroughly appreciate the time you took in your most recent email to explain some things I could not. I will add one comment...Perhaps Ethel...
Frank Dixon
fdixon65@...
Sep 11, 2001 7:41 pm
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Hi Frank and All, I'm enjoying your postings and those of others who share their thoughts openly here. Though I confess I am not familiar with some of the...
Terry Neff
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Sep 12, 2001 12:24 am
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... Hi Terry: I tend to see the relatedness of things, but harbor no doubt that in Spinoza's ideas all exists that might (and ought to) constitute the ultimate...
Frank Dixon
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Sep 12, 2001 4:04 pm
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... AFter absorbing the above discussions, I was ready to give up the study of Spinoza altogether, because I just didn't think I could handle it. Especially,...
ethel jean saltz
nietgal@...
Sep 13, 2001 10:37 am
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... Hi Ethel and all: I think you have it right on the p26/p28 thing. Time for the next "chapter." I don't have access to the translation we're using so I...
Frank Dixon
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Sep 13, 2001 12:32 pm
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I have a dilemma with respect to Spinoza's use of "mind". He says it's to do with "reason" and he calls "logic" the device/method. Yet I looked up reason and...
ethel jean saltz
nietgal@...
Sep 14, 2001 6:55 am
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... Hello Ethel, Terry, and whosomever In the absence of a proper proceeding for this extremely "slow reading," Ethel's questioning of the difference between...
Frank Dixon
fdixon65@...
Sep 14, 2001 7:15 pm
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by Frank Dixon. ================= Okay, I think at this point we might wait until we reach Part V, which presented the question. You did use the dictionary to...
ethel jean saltz
nietgal@...
Sep 15, 2001 3:15 pm
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I don't like just spinning my mind for no reason. This world-wide holocaust that happened 9/11/01, well, can we dedicate our list as a memorial for all those...
ethel jean saltz
nietgal@...
Sep 15, 2001 3:55 pm
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Hi Ethel, Frank, and All, I don't clearly understand the statement in the Preface to Part 5 where he writes: ========== E5: PREFACE: "At length I pass to the...
Terry Neff
tneff@...
Sep 15, 2001 6:05 pm
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Terry, Ethel, et al: I must have anticipated this standstill and unconsciously communicated my concern to all my kith and kin. One of my grandchildren -- with...
Frank Dixon
fdixon65@...
Sep 15, 2001 10:10 pm
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Dear Terry: You wrote: "...I take his comment to mean that what he presents might be likened to the case of Euclid's Elements or perhaps the Principles of ...
fdixon65@...
Sep 16, 2001 1:10 pm
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... ======================= Nature Bless your grandchild and you. Immediately, and I'm taking advantage of your generosity and I'm not peeking ahead, the whole...
ethel jean saltz
nietgal@...
Sep 16, 2001 2:35 pm
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... Ethel: I think you are right on about DNA. One other definition Parkinson lists is... =============== cause--A is the cause of B if B follows logically...
