Schröder, Winfried:
Radical Enlightenment from a philosophical perspective

In: Concepts of (radical) Enlightenment : Jonathan Israel in Discussion  / Grunert, Frank (Hrsg./Ed.). - Halle (Saale) : Mitteldeutscher Verlag, 2014: 44-51.

Mention of Spinoza: 49-50

Literature type: Articles
Language: English
Thematic areas: Metaphysics / ontology, Reception history
Subject (individuals): Israel, Jonathan I.

Complete bibliographic evaluation: yes
Autopsy: yes
English commentary: If for Spinoza metaphysics is central, i.e. he belongs, "in a very substantial sense", "to the premodern philosophy", and if with those labelled 'spinozists' "the essentials of Spinoza's metaphysics have simply disappeared, been misunderstood or suppressed [...], are in fact proposing [...] a kind of Holbachian materialism" (49-50), then, from the perspective of a historian of philosophy, Israel's claim about the centrality of Spinoza's philosophy for the advancement of Radical Enlightenment is highly questionable.

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