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Pangloss

['Member']Joined: March 07, 2018 at 00:53Last active: April 10, 2018 at 16:461 discussions7 comments

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In: Jonathan Israel's Radical Enlightenment  — view comment
I was sure I posted a reply to this earlier, but I don't see it in the thread. In that reply I disagreed w/ Maw that Israel was just "generalizing" an...
March 08, 2018 at 04:47
In: Jonathan Israel's Radical Enlightenment  — view comment
I should have spoken to this, too. "It should also be noted that while the French Revolution had leaders influenced by the radical philosophers, other...
March 07, 2018 at 20:24
In: Jonathan Israel's Radical Enlightenment  — view comment
Hi Schepoenhauer1, you wouldn't be a pessimist, would you? Dr. Pangloss might not like that :love: Thanks for the welcome to the forum. I think you'll...
March 07, 2018 at 19:12
In: Jonathan Israel's Radical Enlightenment  — view comment
I think you are misunderstanding me. I am not saying that believing in a providential universe entails a commitment to monarchy. Obviously Jefferson h...
March 07, 2018 at 18:44
In: Welcome to The Philosophy Forum - an introduction thread  — view comment
Thank you, ArguingWAristotle Tiff. It is good to be here. I earned a B.A. in philosophy in the 1990s, but set most of that aside to focus on antebellu...
March 07, 2018 at 14:09
In: Jonathan Israel's Radical Enlightenment  — view comment
First, to some degree, you are not understanding what I am saying (because I am not being clear). I am not saying that Israel believes every atheist w...
March 07, 2018 at 13:58
In: Jonathan Israel's Radical Enlightenment  — view comment
First Maw, thanks for responding. Let's start with this one... It seems clear to me Israel thinks some of the single substance heirs of Spinoza were a...
March 07, 2018 at 03:17
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