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SPINOZA:

SPINOZA:. A FOUNDING FATHER OF WESTERN “MONISM”. “MONISM”. WAY OF THINKING THAT BOTH MIND AND BODY ARE THE SAME THING DIFFERENTLY EXPRESSED. ESSENTIAL IDEAS:. We know God exists, and he is infinite. If He is infinite, he cannot have boundaries.

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SPINOZA:

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  1. SPINOZA: A FOUNDING FATHER OF WESTERN “MONISM”

  2. “MONISM” WAY OF THINKING THAT BOTH MIND AND BODY ARE THE SAME THING DIFFERENTLY EXPRESSED.

  3. ESSENTIAL IDEAS: • We know God exists, and he is infinite. • If He is infinite, he cannot have boundaries. • If He cannot have boundaries, there cannot be anything that God is not.

  4. ESSENTIAL IDEAS • Because He cannot be one entity and the world another, God must be co-extensive with everything there is. • Whether we describe anything in the abstract or in material, this is merely two different ways of describing the same reality.

  5. ESSENTIAL IDEAS • We should never obsess with personal problems; if we look at the totality of things we will find them to be insignificant. • Balance, perspective, toleration, and freedom of speech are keys to human nature.

  6. KEY QUESTION: CAN THERE BE FREE WILL IF EVERYTHING IS DETERMINED BY BEING “PART OF GOD?”

  7. KEY QUESTION: IF YOU CAN DRAMATIZE A PERSONAL PROBLEM OF ADOLESCENTS WHAT WOULD IT BE? HOW MIGHT YOU RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM BY CONSIDERING IT, IN THE TOTALITY OF THINGS, INSIGNIFICANT?

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