Geocentrism, Perception, Action

As has been previously discussed, the repudiation of Geocentrism entails that of Anthropocentrism, and, hence, that of the Moral Absolutism that has been grounded by the latter.  And, while Berkeley and Kant, notably, endeavor to salvage the concept of the world as the arena of a Theological drama of which humans are the protagonists, Spinoza explores the consequences of the repudiation.  There is a further consequence, which he perhaps only implicitly recognizes, and that Kant verges upon, but because of his Theological commitments, cannot quite appreciate it for what it is.  The concept of Centrism is potentially ambiguous--it can signify motion towards the center, or motion away from the center, e. g. centripetal force, or centrifugal force.  Plainly, traditional Geocentrism and Anthropocentrism are of the former variety, i. e. the universe is conceived as oriented towards human existence.  But the repudiation of that Centrism does not entail that of the inverse Centrism, and, to the contrary, can liberate it.  Indeed, as subsequent history has proven, the Copernican discovery enables the recognition that humans are now centers of action, with the previously impregnable Heavens now an accessible destination.  Implicit in that recognition is the more radical revolution than the one that Kant acknowledges, the one that he verges upon, only to shy away from--the concept of humans as centers of Action, rather than of Perception.  In contrast, Spinoza does conceive Modes as essentially agents, not subjects, and as modifications of a divine emanation, perhaps as agents of a new Geocentrism.