Spinoza

[@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!!

[@archie977]

i want to join

[@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

[@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.

[@JerryKitich]

philosophers should never have to talk about finances or administration

[@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!

[@bledges]

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

[@dantean]

@Urdoxa Probably busy discussing Spinoza instead, the jerks!

[@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.