Spinoza In The Light Of Spiritual Development
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Spinoza In The Light Of Spiritual Development
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Author : Toon van Eijk
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2019-08-03
Spinoza In The Light Of Spiritual Development written by Toon van Eijk and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-03 with Self-Help categories.
The famous Dutch philosopher Baruch de Spinoza (1632-1677) is difficult to comprehend. Emeritus professor Maarten van Buuren published two books on Spinoza in 2016, in which he analyses Spinoza's philosophy in a meticulous and enlightening way. A number of key concepts in Spinoza's philosophy are: an immanent, nature-inhabiting God, self-determination, freedom, power, reason, intuition and self-appropriation. In this book these key concepts are discussed based on the analysis of Van Buuren and the philosophy of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique. The work of the philosophers Ken Wilber and Otto Duintjer also plays a role in this book. Although a thorough analysis of philosophical concepts is important, practical application of these concepts is paramount. Theory and practice should go hand in hand. A synthesis of philosophical reasoning and effective practices for spiritual development is needed.
Spiritual Exercises And Early Modern Philosophy
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Author : Simone D'Agostino
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-09-20
Spiritual Exercises And Early Modern Philosophy written by Simone D'Agostino and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-20 with Philosophy categories.
In his renowned collection Philosophy as a Way of Life, Pierre Hadot suggests that the original aspect of philosophy as a method by which one exercises oneself to achieve a new way of living and seeing the world fails with the rise of modernity. In that period, philosophy becomes increasingly theoretical, tending toward a system. However, Hadot himself glimpses at the dawn of modernity some instances of the original aspect of philosophy still very much present, and in his wake, Michel Foucault warns that between the late 16th and early 17th centuries the philosophical question of the reform of the mind attests to a still very close link between asceticism and access to truth. This book aims to develop just such an idea by thoroughly analyzing the most representative works of the reform of the mind in the early modern period: Francis Bacon’s New Organon (1620), René Descartes’ Discourse on the Method (1637), and Baruch Spinoza’s Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect (1677). From this analysis it will emerge that these modern works fully deserve to be counted among the tradition of philosophy as way of life. On closer inspection, the inquiries about method elaborated in these works are fully understandable only when read in the light of a broader and more complex philosophical need: to establish the spiritual conditions for accessing truth and aspiring to full self-realization.
The Spirit Of Spinoza
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Author : Neal Grossman
language : en
Publisher: ICRL Press
Release Date : 2014-05-02
The Spirit Of Spinoza written by Neal Grossman and has been published by ICRL Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-02 with Philosophy categories.
BENEDICT SPINOZA was a 17th-century philosopher and spiritual psychotherapist. This intellectual self-help book provides important insights from Spinoza’s system of thought in a format accessible to the general reader, as well as to those already familiar with his philosophy. By applying his method to our personal lives, we may free ourselves from bondage to our lower emotions and habitual behaviors and thus begin to enjoy the “continuous, supreme, and unending happiness” promised by Spinoza. “Those of us who came of age in the twentieth century were taught that we must adopt a crazy-making strategy of compartmentalizing our lives, putting our rational, scientific side into one corner and our psychological/spiritual side in another. The precarious state of our world is evidence enough that this approach to life is a destructive dead end. You are holding an effective alternative in your hand. The Spirit of Spinoza is a brilliant treatise that has been field-tested by Professor Neal Grossman in his own life and that of his students over decades. This book is a master stroke by a master teacher about a master philosopher. It is also delightfully dangerous, for it has the power to shift one’s life onto a new axis, where it becomes possible to blend knowledge and wisdom into an experience that can best be described, quite simply, as waking up.” —Larry Dossey, MD, author of One Mind: How Our Individual Mind Is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why It Matters
Spinoza S Christian Project
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Author : Aldo Di Giovanni
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-09-02
Spinoza S Christian Project written by Aldo Di Giovanni and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-02 with Philosophy categories.
Spinoza was the 17th Century's philosopher of the Word of God: the philosopher of true Christian Salvation and Holiness. Within the corpus of Spinoza's work there are many references, to a significant and important place for Christ in the work of Spinoza. Actual texts and historical information readily affirms this. The textual and historical references are used extensively in this booklet to make a case that from a spiritual point view, Spinoza's life and works lose their mystery and make clear sense. Those references in turn point to a significant and important place for Christ in Spinoza's life. Based on his writings and information about his life, Spinoza had a bone fide spiritual experience of union with God of the kind that he describes as a “second birth” or as being “born again”, which resulted in his knowing what he came to refer to as “Christ after the spirit”. This is manifest in Spinoza's selective treatment of Christian churches and denominations. Spinoza does not treat all Christians the same way. He distinguishes between those of the “superstitious kind” and those who follow “Christ after the spirit”. It is puzzling that professional philosophers are reluctant to factor in Spinoza's use of Christ and the spirit of Christ into their understanding of Spinoza's life work and life's purpose. To date, Spinoza's critical work in regards to Christian thought and religion remains exceptionally relevant. Yet he is not recognized and acknowledged as a preeminent Christian thinker. Over many years, the responses to Spinoza's work varied, but two counterproductive and disconcerting trends are noteworthy. Some people, with little sense of the reality of God have tried in one way or another, to simply ignore or inadequately explain away Spinoza's spirituality and work, in particular his Christian spirituality and work. Others, mostly from established 'theo-political' churches, have largely viewed Spinoza from a crass materialist view, with materialistic proclivities. From their established church frameworks, the latter have found Spinoza an anathema. Their vitriol is born of their own materialism, and both a meagre and superficial grasp of what Spinoza calls “Christ according to the spirit” Spinoza personally knew God and the idea of God to be real. For Spinoza God is not part of a discussion or thesis. God and the spirit of Christ are the keystones or catalysts of Spinoza's life work. Denying their reality for Spinoza, or trying to explain them away from Spinoza's thought, keeps Spinoza's work from coming together or from sitting right. For Spinoza, God and Christ are real and to not 'get that' is to entirely miss the mark in regards to Spinoza and his work. Spinoza understood the relation of people to God: as animal creatures set in duration or time and place, and as spiritual creatures set “under the form of eternity”. The application of Spinoza's scientific method allows for the demonstration by reason and experiment of personal formation of the particular spiritual person, which is different from the formation of the animal (carnal or after the flesh) person. Spinoza is a major influence in western philosophy and theology. Spinoza had a significant and lasting influence on the Enlightenment. But, it may be his larger contribution is yet to come and it will be in the area of what Spinoza would call 'true' Christian Theology and Christology. This booklet, 'Spinoza's Christian Project: Chemistry, Christ & Salvation' is a modest study of Spinoza's theo-philosophical work, with some consideration of Spinoza's scientific experimental and scientific reasoning approach to piety or spiritual life. Spinoza was an outstanding and innovative 17th century scientist and a philosopher of scientific methodology. Given Spinoza's reliance on sense experience and his scientific method, Spinoza has an empiricist approach to demonstrating actually present existential epistemology and theology.
The Essential Baruch Spinoza
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Author : Baruch Spinoza
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2022-04-26
The Essential Baruch Spinoza written by Baruch Spinoza and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-26 with Philosophy categories.
Three philosophical works by the seventeenth-century Enlightenment thinker and author of Ethics. How to Improve Your Mind In this earlier work, Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza articulates his view that life is best lived with the supreme happiness of knowing God’s infinite love. By extension, all earthly pursuits—including money, fame, and sex—are mere distractions from the greater joy of the soul’s quietude. Translated by the philosopher and founder of the Philosophical Library, Dagobert D. Runes. Runes also provides exclusive commentary and biographical notes. The Road to Inner Freedom Spinoza views the ability to experience rational love of God as the key to mastering the contradictory and violent human emotions. The Book of God The Book of God, one of Spinzoa’s earliest works, came to light only a hundred years ago in two slightly varying Dutch manuscripts. Its youthful author lived in turbulent times, when the Western world was torn by civil and religious strife, and bullies, bigots and pseudo-prophets vied for the ear of a fearful people. While Europe was in an uproar over the right church, Spinoza was seeking the right God. This book is the first known report of his findings. Translated by Dr. A. Wolf from the Dutch [the author’s Tractatus de Deo et homine version] and edited and with an introduction by Dagobert D. Runes.
The Principles Of Cartesian Philosophy
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Author : Benedictus de Spinoza
language : en
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company Incorporated
Release Date : 1998
The Principles Of Cartesian Philosophy written by Benedictus de Spinoza and has been published by Hackett Publishing Company Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Philosophy categories.
With meticulous scholarship and an accurate, highly readable translation, this volume sheds light not only on Spinoza's debt to Descartes but also on the development of Spinoza's own thought. Appearing for the first time in English translation, Lodewijk Meyer's inaugural dissertation on matter (1683)--relevant for its comments on Descartes, Spinoza, and other thinkers of the time--is appended with notes and a short commentary. Cross-references to Descartes's Principles of Philosophy are provided in an index, and there is an extensive bibliography.
Spinoza
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Author : Rudolf Kayser
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-10
Spinoza written by Rudolf Kayser and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10 with categories.
This is a new release of the original 1946 edition.
Correspondence Of Benedict De Spinoza
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Author : Benedictus de Spinoza
language : en
Publisher: Wilder Publications Limited
Release Date : 2007-12-01
Correspondence Of Benedict De Spinoza written by Benedictus de Spinoza and has been published by Wilder Publications Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-01 with Philosophy categories.
Benedict de Spinoza was one of the great rationalists of 17th century philosophy, he helped lay the groundwork for the 18th century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism. His correspondences help shed light on his ethical opinions and positions. Required reading for those who wish a deeper understanding of the writings of Benedict de Spinoza.
Baruch Spinoza
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Author : Spinoza Institute of America
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1933
Baruch Spinoza written by Spinoza Institute of America and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1933 with categories.
Spinoza Dictionary
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Author : Dagobert D. Runes
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2015-05-26
Spinoza Dictionary written by Dagobert D. Runes and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-26 with Philosophy categories.
In this work, Baruch Spinoza, one of the cardinal thinkers of all times, answers the eternal questions of man and his passions, and God and nature. In the deepest sense, this dictionary of Spinoza’s philosophy is a veritable treasury of sublime wisdom. In his introduction, Dagobert D. Runes, a life-long student of the philosopher, sheds new light on Spinoza’s private, political and religious life, and exposes and explains the dramatic story of his apostasy. If the reader despairs of the business of finding his way through Spinoza’s works, here he will find a reliable guide speaking in Spinoza’s own words. “The grand ideas of Spinoza’s Ethics are brought out clearly in this book: not less than the heroic illusions of this great and passionate man.” —Albert Einstein