@180 ProofSo what does that have to do with your phrase
@180 Proof"Cognitive apparatus" and "reality" are completely different, unrelated, concepts.
@180 ProofWell then, carefully re-read what Spinoza wrote (re: Ethics, I "Of God") because that is his point.
Yes, I try to say that we cannot say anything about it Except that it can be said that there is.What's with this sudden concern of things beyond all possible experience or cognition? You do realize that it's literally beyond experience and cognition, so we can't say anything about it...
@180 ProofFather Copelston's Thomistic misreading of Spinoza
@180 ProofOne can't "disagree" with another's (your) misconceptions, which are based on demonstrably insufficient study
Apparently, you did not profit from our discussion on your old thread Spinoza's Philosophy, Ali ...Good luck. — Ali Hosein
@180 ProofApparently, you did not profit from our discussion on your old thread Spinoza's Philosophy, Ali ...
This must be one of the most oxymoronic, incoherent, word combos in common (sophistical) usage. I've no idea what "your reality" – like that other bit of pop nonsense "your truth" – even means. Pure effin' p0m0 Dada. :zip:your reality — Ali Hosein
@180 ProofThis must be one of most oxymoronic, incoherent, word combos in common (sophistical) usage. I've no idea what "your reality" – like that other bit of pop nonsense "your truth" – even means.
How patently psychoceramic ... :sparkle:That you don't know what it means is your reality and not my reality! — Ali Hosein
@180 ProofHow psychoceramic ...
Father Copelston's Thomistic misreading of Spinoza — 180 Proof
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