{"id":375,"date":"2016-06-24T12:16:04","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T12:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/?p=375"},"modified":"2017-10-31T15:39:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T15:39:50","slug":"appendix-y-counterposing-summa-metaphysica-1988-2005-with-spinoza-d-1677","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/?p=375","title":{"rendered":"APPENDIX Y: Counterposing Summa Metaphysica (1988, 2005) with Spinoza (d. 1677)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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APPENDIX Y<\/span>:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Counterposing<\/div>\n
Summa Metaphysica (1988, 2005)<\/div>\n
with<\/div>\n
Spinoza (d. 1677)<\/div>\n
There ar<\/span>e many
\n intersection points, but the two <\/span><\/div>\n
treatises ar<\/span>e radically
\n different, if not diametrically opposite\n <\/div>\n
at the core:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Spinoza posits a coldly impersonal core unifying
\n dynamic;\n <\/div>\n
I posit a \ue0c4ery all\u2013pervading advancing dynamic and\n <\/div>\n
consciousness.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Spinoza holds GOOD and EVIL to be relative <\/span><\/div>\n
concepts;<\/div>\n
I hold them to be objective and distinct.<\/div>\n
Spinoza discerns no ultimate purpose to the
\n cosmos;\n <\/div>\n
I do \u2013 Quest for In\ue0c4nite
\n Potential\/Extraordinariation.\n <\/div>\n
Spinoza does not grant Man any special place<\/div>\n
whatsoever in the universe; Summa does.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n
Spinoza posits a thoroughgoing deterministic<\/span>
\n universe\n <\/div>\n
(i.e. that absolutely everything that happens,
\n occurs\n <\/div>\n
through the operation of necessity<\/span>).\n <\/div>\n
I certainly do not.<\/div>\n
Randomness, Emotion, and (total) Free Will are key\n <\/div>\n
components in my Metaphysics. Ultimately<\/span>, Quest for\n <\/div>\n
Potential<\/div>\n
\u221e<\/div>\n
\/Extraordinariation layer<\/span>ed-over
\n Randomness,\n <\/div>\n
Emotion and Free Will \u2013 is iterative<\/span>
\n as its key component,\n <\/div>\n
and not overarchingly deterministic. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
*<\/div>\n
Both works do have in common, however<\/span>, an emphasis on\n <\/div>\n
an interlocking cosmic lattice-work. <\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

APPENDIX Y: Counterposing Summa Metaphysica (1988, 2005) with Spinoza (d. 1677) There are many intersection points, but the two treatises are radically different, if not diametrically opposite at the core: Spinoza posits a coldly impersonal core unifying dynamic; I posit a \ue0c4ery all\u2013pervading advancing dynamic and consciousness. Spinoza holds GOOD and EVIL to be relative […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":382,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\/revisions\/382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}