First off, love that username pal. My favorite thing last week was that I played carcassonne for the first time with some friends and it was really fun.
thanks! don't really deserve it because i haven't read any of his work directly. carcassonne is a great game! i play it with the roommates occasionally
Just watch James Cameron's Avatar to understand monism and if you want a good overview of his beliefs read The Dream of Enlightenment. He is an extraordinary thinker and really saw the world differently than every other thinker at the time.
i feel like i have a decent grasp on monism (and align with it), i just haven't read the guy himself. i can't imagine how revolutionary his pantheist ideas must have been at the time
I don't really think it's pantheism, but I could be mistaken. What's fascinating about Spinoza is he was Jewish but belonged to a Jewish sect that was completely removed from traditional Jewish culture which I imagine helped him a lot in coming up with his unique view. If I had a time machine, spinoza would be the lad I go see.
yeah i remember reading that somewhere. thanks for piquing my interest, i may dig a bit deeper into him once my reading list clears up.
Hell yeah, positivity thread! Sadly I don't have much to contribute because my week was dogshit but I support the idea lol. It would be good to have regular praxis threads and positivity threads because it's too easy to go full doomer these days. The highlight of my week every week is cuddling my dog so I'll go with that. How about you?
hmmmm, i guess i came out of a bit of a work slump and am feeling more on top of my daily to do list. my job is pretty meaningful to me (i.e. not really bullshit at all), but i'm in between big tasks and i'm starting to let go of the guilt that comes with logging hours working on very tangentially related open source projects. my daily to do list includes spending time with my cat so that's a highlight for me too. also i made cauliflower wings today
i don't know if i'll remember to make this a regular thread, but i really want to see this com become more active. something about commie bloomer shit really gets me going.
