From Plato to Martin Buber: 14 talks on major European thinkers, examining their ideas and essential viewpoints in relation to what we can know about the world and the self and how we achieve this knowledge
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From Plato to Martin Buber: 14 talks on major European thinkers, examining their ideas and essential viewpoints in relation to what we can know about the world and the self and how we achieve this knowledge
Francis Bacon (1561 — 1626), René Descartes (1596 — 1650), Baruch Spinoza (1632 — 1677)
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Francis Bacon (1561 — 1626), René Descartes (1596 — 1650), Baruch Spinoza (1632 — 1677)
The 17th century rejected the world views derived from the Greeks. Bacon emphasised a practical not a contemplative approach to nature. He proposed torturing nature to obtain her secrets. Descartes’ statement ‘I think therefore I am’ includes all the inner life, feelings and willing etc. The source of all knowledge is in the mind. Like Descartes Spinoza’s thought was shaped by the New Science. But for him philosophy begins with what is ontological and logical prior I.e. with the divine and nature. These are one.
The Experience of Thinking
From Plato to Martin Buber: 14 talks on major European thinkers, examining their ideas and essential viewpoints in relation to what we can know about the world and the self and how we achieve this knowledge
