Schnepf, Robert:
Enlightened radicals - a possible difference between Spinoza and Van den Enden

In: Concepts of (radical) Enlightenment : Jonathan Israel in Discussion  / Grunert, Frank (Hrsg./Ed.). - Halle (Saale) : Mitteldeutscher Verlag, 2014: 95-111. - (IZEA. Kleine Schriften ; 5)

Mention of Spinoza: passim

Literature type: Articles
Language: English
Thematic areas: Ethics, Philosophy of politics and law, Contemporaries and context, Reception history
Subject: E, TIE, TP
Subject (individuals): Israel, Jonathan I.; Rojas, Fernando de; Van den Enden, Franciscus

Complete bibliographic evaluation: yes
Autopsy: yes
English commentary: Apart from the problems created by the strict division of radical versus moderate Enlightenment, Spinoza does'n fit as the main inaugurator of radical Enlightenment in the sense of a pleading for a political turnover; one can rather see in his philosophy some elements of an "Enlighenment of Enlightenment" in respect to the aims of radical Enlighenment as understood by Israel.

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