Spinoza

Question 1

Spinoza quote

Answer 1

“for instance men are mistaken in thinking themselves free’

Question 2

who was Spinoza?

Answer 2

-determinist
-considered the belief that there is human freedom ignorance
-rationalist

Question 3

empiricism

Answer 3

knowledge through senses

Question 4

rationalism

Answer 4

knowledge through the mind

Question 5

Spinoza quote 2

Answer 5

“God is not He who is, but THAT which is”

Question 6

Spinoza beliefs

Answer 6

-feeling of freedom was simply ignorance
-he considered everything in world totally determined by physical causes, and therefore there was no scope for human freedom
-we merely consider ourselves to be free because we’re ignorant of all causes operating upon us

Question 7

Spinoza - Obvious

Answer 7

-if u stop and think about it/ pointed out to you it may appear obvious
-but you normally act without considering all those influences, the approach taken by Spinoza Is therefore reasonable as far as it goes

-if you knew absolutely everything there is to know they you would understand that there are very good reasons for every apparently ‘free’ decision that you make. You think you’re making a completely free choice, but that simply reflects your ignorance of causes operating on you

Question 8

Spinoza main beliefs

Answer 8

1. free decisions illusory
   2.individual not aware of causes of action
   3.appetites, emotions and desires vary according to bodily states
   4.we cant freely decide to remember or forget a so called idea of mind
2. all purported acts of will are deducible from laws of nature