RE: On Hell and Forgiveness
August 31, 2018 at 9:01 am
(This post was last modified: August 31, 2018 at 9:08 am by The Grand Nudger.)
See, I actually like spinoza...but I have a novel take. The man was trolling the religious when trolling the religious was still an offense punishable by summary execution, lol.
In a more academic tone, his place in time necessitated and leads to a stronger connection to the idea of gods and theism than would be warranted or present if he dropped his metaphysics on our heads today. In sum, he considered nature to be metaphysically ultimate. That all properties and qualities assigned to a god (and everything else) were, in actuality, properties of nature. What has all known and possible attributes? Why..nature does. If there is only one substance what is that substance? Nature. What are all known and possible things a part and piece of? Nature again.
This didn't escape his contemporaries - they called him an atheist for a reason.
In a more academic tone, his place in time necessitated and leads to a stronger connection to the idea of gods and theism than would be warranted or present if he dropped his metaphysics on our heads today. In sum, he considered nature to be metaphysically ultimate. That all properties and qualities assigned to a god (and everything else) were, in actuality, properties of nature. What has all known and possible attributes? Why..nature does. If there is only one substance what is that substance? Nature. What are all known and possible things a part and piece of? Nature again.
This didn't escape his contemporaries - they called him an atheist for a reason.
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