tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post5507884289476975576..comments2024-03-27T19:13:29.794+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Species of madnessA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-37488971160444466402012-01-16T19:27:11.004+00:002012-01-16T19:27:11.004+00:00SV - both were powerfully influenced by Euclid and...SV - both were powerfully influenced by Euclid and that may be the link. <br /><br />Euclid was Spinoza's ideal scholar in that he left enduring work but very little of the man behind that work.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-85703262115192134432012-01-16T18:50:05.564+00:002012-01-16T18:50:05.564+00:00Interesting point.
The writing is similar to Hobb...Interesting point.<br /><br />The writing is similar to Hobbes, when he sets out his view of human nature in accordance with the natural sciences. I wonder whether both Hobbes and Spinoza were deliberately suppressing their rhetorical flourishes precisely because they thought they were delineating a science of human behaviour? They certainly had as much, if not more, reason to persuade as modern writers.Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.com