| Literature type | Articles |
| Author | Melamed, Yitzhak Y. |
| Title | Charitable Interpretations and the Political Domestication of Spinoza |
| Subtitle | or, Benedict in the Land of the Secular |
| Title of magazine / anthology | Philosophy and Its History : Aims and Methods in the Study of Early Modern Philosophy |
| Editor (surname first) | Lærke, Mogens; Schliesser, Eric; Smith, Justin E. H. (Hrsg./Ed.) |
| Place published | Oxford [e.a.] |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | [258]-277 |
| Pages in total (of the volume) | IX, 362 |
| Language | English |
| Thematic areas | Metaphysics / ontology, Philosophy of politics and law, Theology / biblical hermeneutics / philosophy of religion, Previous history (e.g. Descartes, Stoicism), Reception history |
| Subject | E, Ep., KV, PPC/CM, TP, TTP |
| Subject (individuals) | Bennett, Jonathan; Curley, Edwin; Israel, Jonathan; Maimonides, Moses; Walski, Gregory |
| Autopsy | yes |
| Complete bibliographic evaluation | yes |
| German commentary | Kritische Diskussion der sog. wohlwollenden Interpretation philosophischer Klassiker in der Philosophiegeschichtsschreibung am Bespiel der Metaphysik, Religions- und politischen Philosophie Spinozas ; Erläuterung des möglichen Erkenntnisgewinns einer historisch korrekten Klassikerlektüre, die gerade dort, wo sie unsere common sense-Vorstellungen herausfordert, neue Einsichten ermöglicht. |
| English commentary | "I discuss and criticise the logic behind so-called charitable interpretions in the history of philosophy" (p. 259) - at the example of current Spinoza intepretations. "Instead of searching for anticipations of our own views we should look for well-justified alternatives that can challenge our views." (p. 274). |
| Link to this page | http://spinoza.hab.de/detail.php?id=15923&LANG=EN |
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