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Subject: Thanks for the compliment, but...

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One-eyed Jack

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Date Posted: 17:24:28 08/13/04 Fri
In reply to: Free Minded Ex- Christian 's message, "Re: Christians are confused: man cannot sin except by God's will" on 08:58:46 08/04/04 Wed

Most of what I write is derivative and borrows from people who are much smarter and more original than I am. I'd read a bit about Spinoza in Russell's History of Philosophy but I've never read Spinoza's works! Here's a bit form EnCarta:

"According to [Spinoza's] treatise the universe is identical with God, who is the uncaused 'substance' of all things. The conception of substance, which Spinoza derived from the Scholastic philosophers, is not that of a material reality but rather of a metaphysical entity, the comprehensive and self-sufficient basis for all reality."
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"Spinoza rejected providence and freedom of will, and his concept of an impersonal God was hostilely received by many of his contemporaries."

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