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Re:Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it? by bloopbloop10000 on Thursday October 14, 2021 @08:29PM (#28872245)
Is there a name for this line of thought? I’ve run into it a few times and find it compelling.
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Re:Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it? by scythe on Thursday October 14, 2021 @09:34PM (#28872876)
It's generally called pantheism, although there has been dispute [1] that Spinoza's account was truly pantheism. Similar ideas exist in Hindu philosophy, and some argue the analogy is deep [2].

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panentheism

2: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=454...

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Re:Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it? by hcrisp on Thursday October 14, 2021 @10:20PM (#28873345)
Check out "cosmological argument"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmological_argument

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Re:Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it? by analog31 on Thursday October 14, 2021 @08:55PM (#28872485)
To me it seems equivalent to the "first cause" argument of Thomas Aquinas.
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Re:Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it? by ThalesX on Friday October 15, 2021 @12:20AM (#28874244)
You can also check out Aristotle's primum movens (prime mover)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmoved_mover

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Re:Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it? by tjader on Thursday October 14, 2021 @09:14PM (#28872663)
Deism?
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