[...] The next concept to approach is Spinoza’s formulation of determinism and causation. For Spinoza causation was absolute and choice an illusion. The only power available was human reason and our capacity to understand why. The philosophy espoused by the Merovingian character in Matrix Reloaded is actually directly Spinozean. This understanding of causation is fairly compatible with Marx’s historical materialism, how human behaviour springs from material conditions, and the inevitableness of the changes in mode of production. [...]
[...] The next concept to approach is Spinoza’s formulation of determinism and causation. For Spinoza causation was absolute and choice an illusion. The only power available was human reason and our capacity to understand why. The philosophy espoused by the Merovingian character in Matrix Reloaded is actually directly Spinozean. This understanding of causation is fairly compatible with Marx’s historical materialism, how human behaviour springs from material conditions, and the inevitableness of the changes in mode of production. [...]
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