Spinoza Logic Knowledge And Religion

Author : Richard Mason
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351898577

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Spinoza: Logic, Knowledge and Religion by Richard Mason Pdf

Approaching the central themes of Spinoza's thought from both a historical and analytical perspective, this book examines the logical-metaphysical core of Spinoza's philosophy, its epistemology and its ramifications for his much disputed attitude towards religion. Opening with a discussion of Spinoza's historical and philosophical location as the appropriate context for the interpretation of his work the book goes on to present a non-'logical' reading of Spinoza's metaphysics, a consideration of Spinoza's radical repudiation of Cartesian subjectivism and an examination of how Spinoza wanted religion to be understood in the context of his wider thinking and the influence of his non-Christian background. Mason also assesses Spinoza's significance and importance for philosophy now.

Author : Richard Mason
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1999-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 052166585X

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The God of Spinoza by Richard Mason Pdf

This book is the fullest study in English for many years on the role of God in Spinoza's philosophy. Spinoza has been called both a 'God-intoxicated man' and an atheist, both a pioneer of secular Judaism and a bitter critic of religion. He was born a Jew but chose to live outside any religious community. He was deeply engaged both in traditional Hebrew learning and in contemporary physical science. He identified God with nature or substance: a theme which runs through his work, enabling him to naturalise religion but - equally important - to divinise nature. He emerges not as a rationalist precursor of the Enlightenment but as a thinker of the highest importance in his own right, both in philosophy and in religion.

Author : Clare Carlisle
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691224206

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Spinoza's Religion by Clare Carlisle Pdf

A bold reevaluation of Spinoza that reveals his powerful, inclusive vision of religion for the modern age Spinoza is widely regarded as either a God-forsaking atheist or a God-intoxicated pantheist, but Clare Carlisle says that he was neither. In Spinoza’s Religion, she sets out a bold interpretation of Spinoza through a lucid new reading of his masterpiece, the Ethics. Putting the question of religion centre-stage but refusing to convert Spinozism to Christianity, Carlisle reveals that “being in God” unites Spinoza’s metaphysics and ethics. Spinoza’s Religion unfolds a powerful, inclusive philosophical vision for the modern age—one that is grounded in a profound questioning of how to live a joyful, fully human life. Like Spinoza himself, the Ethics doesn’t fit into any ready-made religious category. But Carlisle shows how it wrestles with the question of religion in strikingly original ways, responding both critically and constructively to the diverse, broadly Christian context in which Spinoza lived and worked. Philosophy itself, as Spinoza practiced it, became a spiritual endeavor that expressed his devotion to a truthful, virtuous way of life. Offering startling new insights into Spinoza’s famously enigmatic ideas about eternal life and the intellectual love of God, Carlisle uncovers a Spinozist religion that integrates self-knowledge, desire, practice, and embodied ethical life to reach toward our “highest happiness”—to rest in God. Seen through Carlisle’s eyes, the Ethics prompts us to rethink not only Spinoza but also religion itself.

Author : Elmer Ellsworth Powell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UVA:X000466466

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Spinoza and Religion by Elmer Ellsworth Powell Pdf

Author : James Martineau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105046746223

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A Study of Spinoza by James Martineau Pdf

Presents Spinoza’s life and philosophy specifically in logic theory, metaphysics, ethics’ doctrine, political doctrine, religion, and theology.

Author : Richard Kennington
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780813231006

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The Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza by Richard Kennington Pdf

This volume is a collection of articles that looks at the work of Baruch Spinoza through his metaphysics, his philosophy of politics and religion, and alternative approaches to Spinoza.

Author : Yuval Jobani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317300991

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The Role of Contradictions in Spinoza's Philosophy by Yuval Jobani Pdf

Spinoza is commonly perceived as the great metaphysician of coherence. The Euclidean manner in which he presented his philosophy in the Ethics has led readers to assume they are facing a strict and consistent philosophical system that necessarily follows from itself. As opposed to the prevailing understanding of Spinoza and his work, The Role of Contradictions in Spinoza's Philosophy explores an array of profound and pervasive contradictions in Spinoza’s system and argues they are deliberate and constitutive of his philosophical thinking and the notion of God at its heart. Relying on a meticulous and careful reading of the Theological-Political Treatise and the Ethics, this book reconstructs Spinoza's philosophy of contradictions as a key to the ascending three degrees of knowledge leading to the Amor intellectualis Dei. Offering an exciting and clearly-argued interpretation of Spinoza’s philosophy, this book will interest students and scholars of modern philosophy and philosophy of religion, as well as Jewish studies. Yuval Jobani is Assistant Professor at the Department of Hebrew Culture Studies and the School of Education at Tel-Aviv University.

Author : E.E. Harris
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401024952

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Salvation from Despair by E.E. Harris Pdf

My purpose in this book is to re-interpret the philosophy of Spinoza to a new generation. I make no attempt to compete with the historical scholar ship of A. H. Wolfson in tracing back Spinoza's ideas to his Ancient, Hebrew and Mediaeval forerunners, or the meticulous philosophical scrutiny of Harold Joachim, which I could wish to emulate but cannot hope to rival. I have simply relied upon the text of Spinoza's own writings in an effort to grasp and to make intelligible to others the precise meaning of his doctrine, and to decide whether, in spite of numerous apparent and serious internal conflicts, it can be understood as a consistent whole. In so doing I have found it necessary to correct what seem to me t0' be mis conceptions frequently entertained by commentators. Whether or not I am right in my re-interpretation, it will, I hope, contribute something fresh, if not to the knowledge of Spinoza, at least to the discussion of what he really meant to say. The limits within which I am constrained to write prevent me from drawing fully upon the great mass of scholarly writings on Spinoza, his life and times, his works and his philosophical ideas. I can only try to make amends for omissions by listing the most important works in the Spinoza bibliography, for reference by those who would seek to know more about his philosophy. This list I have added as an appendix.

Author : Nancy K. Levene
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004-08-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781139453967

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Spinoza's Revelation by Nancy K. Levene Pdf

Nancy Levene reinterprets a major early modern philosopher, Benedict de Spinoza - a Jew who was rejected by the Jewish community of his day but whose thought contains, and critiques, both Jewish and Christian ideas. It foregrounds the connection of religion, democracy, and reason, showing that Spinoza's theories of the Bible, the theologico-political, and the philosophical all involve the concepts of equality and sovereignty. Professor Levene argues that Spinoza's concept of revelation is the key to this connection, and above all to Spinoza's view of human power. This is to shift the emphasis in Spinoza's thought from the language of amor Dei (love of God) to the language of libertas humana (human freedom) without losing either the dialectic of his most striking claim - that man is God to man - or the Jewish and Christian elements in his thought. Original and thoughtfully argued, this book offers fresh insights into Spinoza's thought.

Author : Charlie Huenemann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317547020

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Spinoza's Radical Theology by Charlie Huenemann Pdf

The advent of modern science brought deep challenges to traditional religion. Miracles, prophecy, immortal souls, absolute morality - all of these fundamental notions were challenged by the increasingly analytical and skeptical approach of modern scientists. One philosopher, Baruch Spinoza, proposed a new theology, rooted in a close analysis of the Bible, which could fit this new science and provide a sound basis for a social order. "Spinoza's Radical Theology" explains the mechanics and meaning of Spinoza's ideas and how they can inform the questions with which we still struggle today.

Author : Benedictus de Spinoza
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : EAN:4057664142641

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On the Improvement of the Understanding by Benedictus de Spinoza Pdf

"On the Improvement of the Understanding" is a work by the seventeenth-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza, published posthumously in 1677. In the work, the author attempts to formulate a philosophical method that would allow the mind to form the clear and distinct ideas necessary for its developent.

Author : Genevieve Lloyd
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0415186226

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Spinoza: The reception and influence of Spinoza's philosophy by Genevieve Lloyd Pdf

These volumes provide a comprehensive selection of high quality critical discussions of Spinoza's philosophy published in, or translated into English since 1970.

Author : Harry Austryn Wolfson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Religion
ISBN : UCAL:B4354903

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From Philo to Spinoza by Harry Austryn Wolfson Pdf

Author : Benedict de Spinoza
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781625583130

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A Theologico Political Treatise by Benedict de Spinoza Pdf

Rational examination of the Old Testament to show that freedom of thought and speech is consistent with the religious life. True religion consists in practice of simple piety, independent of philosophical speculation. Also unfinished essay on theory of government founded on common consent. One of Spinoza's most important works.

Author : Baruch Spinoza,Benedictus de Spinoza
Publisher : Special Edition Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1934255289

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The Philosophy of Spinoza - Special Edition by Baruch Spinoza,Benedictus de Spinoza Pdf

The Philosophy of Spinoza - Special Edition contains the restored full length essays "On God," "On Man," and "On Man's Well Being" as well as an introduction and a biography of Spinoza.