THE SPINOZA INSPIRATION IN THE LATE GERMAN ENLIGHTENMENT (SPATAUFKLARUNG)

• Authors: Jakuszko Honorata
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The 1780s in German culture witnessed the phenomenon of Spinoza's revival, which was an important generational experience of the fourth philosophical generation of the German Enlightenment, called by Werner Schneiders the generation of I. Kant. Initiated by F. H. Jacobi Spinoza-Streit (Pantheismusstreit) introduced a new quality to the knowledge on the life and work of Spinoza because the question about the 'spirit of Spinozism' was posed for the first time. In the debate over Spinoza the following models of interpretation can be distinguished: (1) weak anti-Spinozism - the Berlin Enlightenment (M. Mendelssohn); (2) strong anti-Spinozism (F. H. Jacobi); Weimar neo-Spinozism (J. G. Herder, J. W. Goethe). The crucial controversy was that between strong anti-Spinozism and neo-Spinozism. In the view of Jacobi, Spinozism is an atheism which eliminates the God of religion (ens extramundanum) depriving him of personal character and free decision. Jacobi argued that the definitions of Spinoza's philosophy as pantheism or cosmotheism are of euphemist character which obscure the essence of Spinozism. He criticized Weimar neo-Spinozism as an inconsistent endeavour of mediation between theism and Spinozism.

Keywords

EN

CONCEPT OF CAUSE; CONCEPT OF FOUNDATION; EXISTENCE; GERMAN ENLIGHTENMENT; INTELLECT; REASON; SPINOSIZM

Discipline

• OTHER_SOCIAL_SCIENCES: OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 15(28)
• Pages: 173-188
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Jakuszko Honorata

• Honorata Jakuszko, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Lublin, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA101430