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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Sangiacomo, Andrea (1986-....)
Titre(s) : Spinoza on reason, passions, and the supreme good [Texte imprimé] / Andrea Sangiacomo
Édition : First edition
Publication : Oxford : Oxford University press, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (x, 244 pages) ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-241) and index
"Spinoza's thought is at the centre of an ever growing interest. Spinoza's moral philosophy,
in particular, points to a radical way of understanding how human beings can become
free and enjoy supreme happiness. And yet, there is still much disagreement about
how exactly Spinoza's recipe is supposed to work. For long time, Spinoza has been
presented as an arch rationalist who would identify in the purely intellectual cultivation
of reason the key for ethical progress.0Andrea Sangiacomo offers a new understanding
of Spinoza's project, by showing how he himself struggled during his career to develop
a moral philosophy that could speak to human beings as they actually are (imperfect,
passionate, often not very rational). Spinoza's views significantly evolved over time.
In his early writings, Spinoza's account of ethical progress towards the Supreme Good
relies mostly on the idea that the mind can build on its innate knowledge to resist
the power of the passions. Although appropriate social conditions may support the
individual's pursuit of the Supreme Good, achieving it does not depend essentially
on social factors. In Spinoza's later writings, however, the emphasis shifts towards
the mind's need to rely on appropriate forms of social cooperation.0Reason becomes
the mental expression of the way the human body interacts with external causes on
the basis of some degree of agreement in nature with them. The greater the agreement,
the greater the power of reason to adequately understand universal features as well
as more specific traits of the external causes. In the case of human beings, certain
kinds of social cooperation are crucial for the development of reason. This view has
crucial ramifications for Spinoza's account of how individuals can progress towards
the Supreme Good and how a political science based on Spinoza's principles can contribute
to this goal."
Sujet(s) : Spinoza, Baruch (1632-1677)
Rationalisme
Morale -- 17e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey :
199.492 (23e éd.) = Philosophie occidentale moderne - Pays Bas
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0198847904. - ISBN 9780198847908
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb465154193
Notice n° :
FRBNF46515419
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