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Hello I'm Yesselman, I opened this Wikipedia account on November 22, 2005.

Below is the list of my Contributions to Wikipedia.

I am an eighty-four year old retired Structural Engineer who has studied the philosopy of Baruch Spinoza some sixty-odd years; time permitting.

I have explained my fascination with Spinoza in the Preface to Spinozistic Ideas.

Home Page: A Dedication to Spinoza's Insights

Contents 1 Contributions to Wikipedia 2 Bibliography 3 Projects 4 Disclaimer

[edit] Contributions to Wikipedia

Note 1. {Curly Brackets} indicate my comment.

Note 2. {G-D} indicates where I believe Spinoza's Immanent God is intended by the context.

Note 3. If you comment on my Edits, kindly notify me on my Talk page.

• Definitions: Spinoza's Definitions, Parkinson on Spinoza's Definitions, Joy, Love,

  Prejudice, Supersition,

• Spinoza: Spinoza on Good and Bad, Good and Bad, Food Chain,

• Spinoza's Dictum—I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.

• Sin—No Praise-No Blame.

• God: Evolution of the Concept of God results in the re-interpretation of Holidays,

  Spinoza's God, Deus, Being, Cause of Itself, Conceived-in-Itself,

• World view: Two World Views; The ideal is to understand the two-sides—Duck or Rabbit.

• Religion: Definition of Religion, Spinoza's Religion, ONE, Shema Yisrael, Elwes37,

  Atheism,

• Cash Value, Cash Value of Religion,
• Peace of Mind, Loss of an Arm,
• Understanding, Leap of Faith, Leap of Faith,

• Chain of Events—What is, is.

• Transcendence (religion): Transcendent God or Immanent G-D, Transcendence of Otherness,
  • Spinoza's Excommunication,

• Semitic languages: Hebrew Words: Sin, Pity, Righteousness, Charity, Love, Fear,

• Mysticism: Mysticism Defined,

• Idolatry: Definition of Idolatry,

• Pantheism: Definition of Idolatry, Spinoza's Pantheism,

• Self preservation: Conatus, Salmon, Increase and decrease in Conatus, Being, Rational,

• Emotion: Emotion,

• Happiness: Joy,

• Boredom: Boredom,

• Sorrow: Sorrow,

• Faith: Faith,

• Love: Love.

• Apathy: Indifference,

• Hate: Hate.

• Calculus of the Emotions,

• Computer: What is Man?, Brains and Computer, A Computer of Sorts, Functionalism,

  Language is Software,

• Games: Definition of Games,

• Selfishness: Self-Interest, Virtue of Selfishness, Foundation of Virtue,

• Altruism: Altruism does not Exist, Love is Need,

• Golden Rule:

• Organic Interdependence,

• Law of Organisms,

• Mysticism: Spinozistic Mysticism, Buber's Mysticism,

• Telos (philosophy): Ends and Purposes,

• Goodness and value theory, Bad: Good and Bad,

[edit] Bibliography

It will be a happy day when referenced page numbers given in references are

electronically available. The technology is now available; but the copy-right problems

need to be resolved.

The Chief Works of Benedict De Spinoza translated by R. H. M. Elwes, 1951:

Volume I; ISBN: 0486202496.

R. H. M. Elwes's Introduction. Contents.

Political Treatise:

Part One - Chapters I to V. Contents.

Part Two - Chapters VI to X. Contents.

Part Three - Chapters XI to XV. Contents.

Theologico-Political Treatise:

Part One - Chapters I to V. Table of Contents.

Part Two - Chapters VI to X. Table of Contents.

Part Three - Chapters XI to XV. Table of Contents.

Part Four - Chapters XVI to XX. Table of Contents.

The Chief Works of Benedict De Spinoza translated by R. H. M. Elwes, 1951:

Volume II; ISBN: 048620250X.

The Ethics:

Part One - Concerning God. Table of Contents.

1P1, 1P2, 1P3, 1P4, 1P5, Conclusion.

Part Two - Of the Nature and Origin of the Mind. Table of Contents.

Part Three - Of the Origin and Nature of the Emotions. Table of Contents.

Part Four - Of Human Bondage or the Strength of the Emotions. Table of Contents.

Part Five - On the Power of the Understanding, or of Human Freedom. Table of Contents.

Selected Letters. Table of Letters.

On the Improvement of Human Understanding. Table of Contents.

• Martin Buber: Two Types of Meetings, I and thee, Buber and Hasidism,

• Antonio Damasio: Philosophy and Neurobiology, Biological Necessity, Foundation of Virtue, Descartes' Error,

• Daniel C. Dennett: Language is Software,

• Max I. Dimont: Religion and Constitution, Modern Talmud, Philo and Logos,

• Will Durant: Durant's Tribute to Spinoza, Story of Philosophy, Herbert Spencer on Evolution,

• R. H. M. Elwes: Elwes's Introduction, Spinoza's Synthesis, Elwes37, 1D6 = ONE,

• Heinrich Graetz: Graetz's Censure of Spinoza, Ismar Schorsch,

• James H. Hall: Transcendence (religion): Transcendent God or Immanent G-D,

  Transcendence of Otherness,

• Stuart Hampshire: Philosophical Background, Emotion, Good and Bad,

  Purpose of the Theological-Political Treatise, Religious Faith and Philosophy,

• William James: Cash Value, Cash Value of Religion, James' Bear, Emotion,

• Joseph E. LeDoux: Is Consciousness Computable?,

• Kenneth R. Miller: Finding Darwin's God, Miller's Grace,

• G. H. R. Parkinson: Spinoza's Religion, Transcendental Terms, Good and Bad,

• Richard Popkin: Conceived through Itself,

• Ayn Rand : Britannica, Self interst, Virtue of Selfishness,

• Dagobert D. Runes: Spinoza's Message,

• Gilbert Ryle: Punishment, Sin—No Praise-No Blame, Descartes' Error,

• Ismar Schorsch: Foreward to Etz Hayim, Chancellor Schorsch on Spinoza,

• Stanley Shirley: Deus,

• Matthew Stewart: Atheism,

• Mark Twain: What is Man?, :A little Story, A Quarter, No praise/no Blame, Free Will,

• Harry Austryn Wolfson: Historian of philosophy, What is New in Spinoza,

  Increase and decrease in Conatus,

User:Yesselman/Sandbox 1

[edit] Projects

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism

[edit] Disclaimer

I admit that my user page is a shameless steal from User:Izehar and other user pages, but as I lack the technical and artistic skills to come up with a decent user page on my own, it's all I could do. As a result of that, I don't believe that I am entitled to reserve any rights and this, along with every other contribution I make, is released into the public domain.

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