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The Asking Animal A freshman Advising Seminar - course 6.a36- Notes for 6-NOV-2006

The Asking Animal A freshman Advising Seminar - course 6.a36- Notes for 6-NOV-2006. #9-“Descartes & Spinoza”. René Descartes (1596–1650) biography and timeline. Descartes Major Philosophic Ideas.

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The Asking Animal A freshman Advising Seminar - course 6.a36- Notes for 6-NOV-2006

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  1. The Asking AnimalA freshman Advising Seminar- course 6.a36-Notes for 6-NOV-2006 #9-“Descartes & Spinoza”

  2. René Descartes (1596–1650)biography and timeline

  3. Descartes Major Philosophic Ideas

  4. Descartes --The Big Ideas (Mans et Manus) http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/exhibits/seal/index.html

  5. Benedictus (Baruch) de SpinozaBio------------November 24, 1632 – February 21, 1677), -45 years

  6. Spinoza Major Writings (1632-77)

  7. Spinoza -Overview

  8. Spinoza –Overview- (continued)

  9. Current relevance? • Dualism – Descartes • Monism – Spinoza - a second new philosophic system • Relativism- • “ The philosopher whom Einstein admired most was Baruch (later, Benedictus) Spinoza, the seventeenth-century Jewish philosopher, who was excommunicated by the Amsterdam synagogue and declined the Heidelberg professorship in order to live as a lens grinder, leading an independent life dedicated to philosophical reflections.... Einstein was most influenced by Spinoza's thesis of an unrestricted determinism and the belief in the existence of a superior intelligence that reveals itself in the harmony and beauty of nature. The earliest recorded reference of Einstein to Spinoza is a poem from 1920. “ -- "Einstein and Religion", Max Jammer (1999) • "I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals Himself in orderly harmony that exists, not a God who concerns Himself with fates and actions of human beings." – Einstein - New York Times 4/25/29

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