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Jun 2017
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Episode 165: Spinoza on Biblical Critici...

Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey
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Continuing on the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus (1670), ch. 1–11. We go more into natural laws vs. ordinances; does it make sense to say that God makes rules for people? Also, how does Spinoza deal with alleged miracles given that natural laws are absolute regularities?

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End song: "Spinoza's Dream" by Dave Nachmanoff, as discussed on Nakedly Examined Music #20.

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