Hi Santosh, As I will be away for 10 days, I am breaking my own rules in sending two posts to goanet in one day.
Accepting what one does not know or has limited knowledge or understanding off is the first step to progress and learning. So I am not wrong about Spinoza. I state, I do not know about and understand Spinoza and I asked a series of questions. So your conclusion below - "most likely wrong" is a mistake. Such basic mistakes are not good for a scientist.:=)) As far as your web link and abstract from the link, I still call not find the link of what is written by or about Spinoza to Goa or Goans which you purport are connected. Can you please enlighten us Goanetters with some more specific facts? On a lighter note, and perhaps Selma is too young for this. Your post below about Spinoza's link to Goa is like the Latin quote at the start of priest's sermaum; and how 17th century European thought process / writing was connected to Goa. Kind Regards, GL -------------- Santosh Helekar Since Gilbert is not a philosopher, and because his understanding of philosophical concepts is limited, by his own admission, he is most likely wrong about his highly uninformed opinions about Spinoza and his philosophy. For accurate information on Spinoza, and on the relevance of his naturalistic philosophy and ethics to today's world, including today's Goans, please read the following in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spinoza/ The following excerpt is how the Stanford Encyclopedia introduces Spinoza's significance to human philosophical thought: "Baruch (or Benedictus) Spinoza is one of the most important philosophers -- and certainly the most radical -- of the early modern period. His thought combines a commitment to Cartesian metaphysical and epistemological principles with elements from ancient Stoicism and medieval Jewish rationalism into a nonetheless highly original system. His extremely naturalistic views on God, the world, the human being and knowledge serve to ground a moral philosophy centered on the control of the passions leading to virtue and happiness. They also lay the foundations for a strongly democratic political thought and a deep critique of the pretensions of Scripture and sectarian religion. Of all the philosophers of the seventeenth-century, perhaps none have more relevance today than Spinoza." --- Gilbert Lawrence wrote: > My understanding of religion and theological / philosophical concepts is > limited. So, I like to read writings on "Religion made simple". So now I > (GL) am trying to figure out what Selma (SC) says in her post below. Here > are some questions ... por favor
