Oksenberg-Rorty, Amélie:
The two faces of Spinoza

In: Spinoza: Issues and directions: The Proceedings of the Chicago Spinoza Conference (1986: Chicago, Ill.)  / Edited by Curley, Edwin ; Moreau, Pierre-François. - Leiden [e.a.] : Brill, 1990: 196-208. - (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History ; 14)

Other editions / translations: Vorher/previous in: The Review of Metaphysics 41, 2 (1987): [299]-316
Erneut/Again in: Spinoza. Critical assessments. Vol. II, 2001: 279-292

Literature type: Articles
Language: English
Thematic areas: Metaphysics / ontology, Ethics, Previous history (e.g. Descartes, Stoicism)
Subject: E
Subject (individuals): Stoa

Autopsy: yes
English commentary: One is "the optimism of the Stoic-enlightenment program of self improvement"; the other is "an equally familiar Stoic resignation in the face of necessity". Discusses why the combination "is meant both to be undermine and affirmed".

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