A Pluralistic Universe · Character
Baruch Spinoza
Dutch rationalist philosopher whose monism is discussed.
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Also known as Spinoza
First appearance: lecture i the types of philosophic thinking
Baruch Spinoza shows up with force in Lecture II: Monistic Idealism. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Cited as the first great absolutist, with his distinction between God quatenus infinitus and quatenus humanam mentem constituit, illustrating the foreignness of the absolute.
Baruch Spinoza first appears in 0000 lecture i the types of philosophic thinking.
In Lecture II: Monistic Idealism: Cited as the first great absolutist, with his distinction between God quatenus infinitus and quatenus humanam mentem constituit, illustrating the foreignness of the absolute.
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