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To: xzins

Spinoza's tactic was to concede the right to religion to say what is moral. He didn't mean it. Because man is part of nature and subject to the "laws of nature" his conclusions about morality must conform to what "divine reason" tells us through science.


4 posted on 02/24/2005 1:25:37 PM PST by RobbyS (JMJ)
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To: RobbyS

Actually he meant it. It's a false dichotomy, science are not opposed. How could they be with the same author?


17 posted on 02/25/2005 10:20:52 AM PST by WriteOn
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To: RobbyS

That's what I gathered from the article. Spinoza would have played Jack Nicholson against Tom Cruise and shouted to us weak humans: "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!"


20 posted on 02/25/2005 4:39:00 PM PST by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of it!)
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