Vulcan Philosophy and Spinoza. Meta Treks hosts Zachary Fruhling and Mike Morrison discuss aspects of Vulcan philosophy, such as logic and IDIC (Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations). Zachary and Mike examine the philosophical roots of Vulcan philosophy in the work of the Western rationalist philosopher Baruch Spinoza. Spinoza's greatest work, Ethics, contains many aspects of Vulcan philosophy, such as logical deduction from first principles and axioms, determinism (or faith that the universe will unfold as it should), infinity and diversity within one infinite and unbound substance, and the suppression of harmful emotions. Given the many connections between Vulcan philosophy and Spinoza, Zachary and Mike are left wondering, "How exactly did those first Vulcan visitors to Earth manage to snag a copy of Spinoza's Ethics to take with them back home to Vulcan?" Chapters Welcome to Episode 23 (00:1:07) IDIC in The Animated Series (00:02:07) Vulcan Stoicism (00:03:18) Star Trek VI - "Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not its end." (00:06:01) Spinoza and Vulcan Philosophy - Vulcan Rationalism (00:08:11) Faith that the Universe Will Unfold as it Should (00:15:55) Spinoza and Vulcan Philosophy - One Unbound and Infinite Substance (00:18:53) Pantheism and Environmentalism (00:22:09) Vulcan Diversity (00:24:43) IDIC and Deep Interconnectedness (00:27:05) Spinoza and Vulcan Philosophy - Suppression of Harmful Emotions (00:29:55) Determinism + Logic + IDIC + Suppression of Emotions = Spinoza (00:33:11) Leonard Nimoy Narrates the Spinoza's Ethics Audiobook (00:35:37) Mind/Body Dual Aspect Theory and Vulcan Touch Telepathy (00:39:10) Vulcan Cultural Enlightenment - Taking Spinoza and IDIC Seriously (00:46:33) Final Thoughts (01:08:00) Hosts Zachary Fruhling and Mike Morrison Production Dennis Castello (Editor and Producer) Norman C. Lao (Executive Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Charlynn Schmiedt (Executive Producer) Patrick Devlin (Associate Producer) Will Nguyen (Content Manager) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://www.trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm Support the Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm