Meanings
- human sciencesThe philosophical doctrine of Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) and his followers.
A common weapon against Cartesians in those latter days was an accusation of Spinozism.
1878, J. P. N. Land, “Philosophy in the Dutch Universities,”, in Mind, volume 3, number 9, page 962 more examples
But of course Spinozism in an empiricist mode is Spinozism with a considerable difference, as ethics written in Hume's preferred nonabstruse style (and increasingly nonabstruse from Treatise to Essays and Enquiries) sets a different tone from ethics in ordine geometrico.
1993, Annette C. Baier, “David Hume, Spinozist”, in Hume Studies, volume 19Monism, as characterized here, seems to be a commitment both of Spinoza and of variants of Spinozism influential in Germany in the 1780s and 90s.
2002, Sebastian Gardner, Paul Franks, “From Kant to Post-Kantian Idealism”, in Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volumes, vol. 76, p. 230 note 7
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 斯賓諾莎主義 /斯宾诺莎主义
- 斯賓諾莎主義 /斯宾诺莎主义 (sībīnnuòshāzhǔyì)philosophical doctrine
Finnish spinozalaisuus
- spinozalaisuusphilosophical doctrine
French spinozisme
- spinozismephilosophical doctrine
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