A Quite Confusing Reading Journal...

Right now, I'm reading a philosophy book called Pooh and the Philosophers. This book shows how you can find philosophical ideas in the Winnie The Pooh literature. It sounds kind of childish, but this book is like uber complex. So, the most recent part I've read was about the couple pages about Spinoza (a seventeenth century Dutch philosopher). The quote I got is: "Have we got here a somebody who is not an "I" itself? Looking at this question through Spinozan lenses- an appropriate metaphor as Spinoza made his living by grinding lenses- we remember at once Roger Scruton tells us that Spinoza does not see life from the point of an "I." " The questions I have for this quote is: Why doesn't Spinoza see life from the point of "I"? and What is the point of "I"? My comment is: Reading this book is kind of confusing for me. Why? Because it talks a lot about stuff I don't know about... yet. So, I researched a little about Spinoza and it kind of cleared a few things up for me. I learned that Spinoza believes that the whole universe is one reality. This goes against Descartes' belief that Mind and Body are two separate substances. He also believed that Nature decides what exists and what happens which leads to the cause and effect chain. By now, you must be thinking "What in the world are you talking about?" Well, this connects to the literature stated in the book. The literature shown in Spinoza's part was Rabbit's Plan to Capture Baby Roo. The literature illustrates the cause and effect chain. To see the piece of literature, it's right here. Well, that's pretty much it. ttfn!