Pantheistic Philosophers

[Ouroboros]

I'm interested in knowing what philosophers through history have contributed to the pantheistic view.

My understanding (and I could be completely wrong here) is that Spinoza were in line with Naturalistic Pantheism.

 

[Pann]

hes the first westerner to do it. lol but thats like saying Columbus "discovered" america, there are so many pantheistic religions & philosophers from all over the planet almost every religion has a pantheist line or group.

but in the whole world Hinduism kinda corners the market so to speak on Pantheism.

 

[Enai de a lukal]

I'm interested in knowing what philosophers through history have contributed to the pantheistic view.

My understanding (and I could be completely wrong here) is that Spinoza were in line with Naturalistic Pantheism.

Spinoza is the obvious one; he arguably has most heavily influenced pantheism, as conceived today. But long before that Heraclitus, arguably the Eleatic monists (Parmenides, Melissus), and the Stoics espoused similar ideas, and later, Fichte and Hegel.

You may want to check the Stanford entry on pantheism, it likely lists more specific pantheistic thinkers/writers (as well as a good deal of information besides); you can see it here.

 

[Pann]

well monism and pantheism definitely have similar philosophies, but pantheism is "all is God" its mother earth or nature rather, it is a spiritual idea. but monism is a very scientific idea that just says all is one, but they dont care what they do with that bit of info. they didnt 'worship' the one, they just noticed it...

 

[Enai de a lukal]

... but pantheism is "all is God" its mother earth or nature rather, it is a spiritual idea. but monism is a very scientific idea that just says all is one, but they dont care what they do with that bit of info. they didnt 'worship' the one, they just noticed it...

While not all forms of monism are pantheistic, most every form of pantheism is monistic- and not all pantheists "worship" god in anything resembling the usual sense of the word.

And no, metaphysical monism is not a "very scientific idea"; it is usually a metaphysical doctrine with no empirical truth-conditions whatsoever; it is a framework, not a factual claim.

 

[Pann]

sorry if the choice of words was inappropriate, i mean that it is dry and analytical, vs. hot & emotional feelings that Pantheism can encourage

 

[The Sum of Awe]

Zeno of Citium and Epictetus were pretty pantheistic to name a couple off the top of my head. Lao Tzu is arguably pantheistic, but also arguably a philosopher.

 

[Metempsychosis]

Zeno of Citium and Epictetus were pretty pantheistic to name a couple off the top of my head. Lao Tzu is arguably pantheistic, but also arguably a philosopher.

Marcus Aurelius,Chrysippus,Musonius Rufus.

How about Arthur Schopenheur and Pythagoras?