The clip about Spinoza reminded me of this Book Chapter I found online:
Mortality in Chinese Thought Peng Neo_Confucians.pdf (1009.7 KB)
(apologies some of the words are rather faded)
from the conclusion: “the emergence and termination of a physical life is only a product
of a mind attached to a narrow conception of life and death. There is only
the transformation of different types of existence and the conservation of
vital energy in the cosmos. From this point of view, there is virtually no
life or death”
doubly appropriate to post this today as I just got this:
Though it’ll be a while before I get around to reading this. I’m Currently working on other things.