By: An Antidote To Bill’s “Musings On Daisyworld”? « Polynomial

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:02:08 +0000

[...] Spinoza once said, that with a system so complex i.e. “God, or Nature,” the only “…… Would be the system itself! For the system itself IS the totality of itself. Thus it can BE everything it is at all times. And as it unravels, it does what its design intended it to do. Thus it becomes omnipotent and omnipresent. We are parts of the whole, nothing more and nothing less. If we open try to understand the world/universe through man-made terms/notions, we can become as blind as the ant trying to understand “iced-cream.” We need to forget all we have learnt, having learnt it, and empty ourselves to begin to glimpse the Tao… To see past the dogmas of misunderstanding. We need to empty ourselves, and remain humble before “God, or Nature…” [...]

By: Spinoza – the study into “Ethics” continued… « Polynomial

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:11:49 +0000

[...] 30, 2009 Earlier I drew on influences from Spinoza’s “Ethics” in “An Overview ~ Condensing Some Of The Ideas Discussed Thus Far…” as it raised some pertinent ideas surrounding our need to understand the world around us in [...]

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