Spinoza's Ethics
Available Section
- Offered for
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Summer
- Section
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24U1
- Schedule
- Day
- Tue
- Times
- 09:30 am—12:45 pm
- Dates
- —
- Type
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Discussion
- Location
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University of Chicago Gleacher Center
- Taught by
- Michail Vlasopoulos
A deep dive into seventeenth-century's most controversial philosopher, Baruch Spinoza, variously portrayed throughout history as: "the accursed Jew of Amsterdam" and "the Atheistic Euclid" by some; a "God-intoxicated man," or "the Christ of all philosophers" by others. Follow me in an intensive close reading of his monumental work, the Ethics (1677), and immerse yourselves in the meditative journey Spinoza laid out for us: from the idea of God, to the nature of the Mind and the origins of Passions; from human servitude, to human liberty. Great care will be taken to deepen our grasp of various metaphysical notions we will encounter in our first read-through by harkening back to their historical development: substance and attribute, soul and body, science and faith, freedom and necessity, activity and passion, life and death; all the while keeping in mind this is a book we certainly can (and most likely will) keep on reading for the rest of your lives.
Course Outline
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