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Spinoza

Duration 20 min. Discussion 10 min.

Professor Nandini Iyer:

M.A. Oxon (First Class Honors) Professor Emerita, Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Dr. Judy Saltzman Ph.D.

Religious Studies, University of California Santa Barbara; Professor Emerita, Philosophy, California Polytechnic State University  

 

H.P. Blavatsky wrote in 'The Secret Doctrine' that a synthesis of Spinoza's metaphysical monism in the' Ethics', and Leibniz's Monadology would be the Occult Doctrine. The two speakers will examine each philosopher and discuss how they can come together, and consider their contemporary relevance.