Field, Sandra Leonie (2020). Potentia: Hobbes and Spinoza on Power and Popular Politics

Abstract This book offers a detailed study of the political philosophies of Thomas Hobbes and Benedict de Spinoza, focussing on their concept of power as potentia, c...

As one of the pioneers of modern Western philosophy and Bible criticism, Baruch (Benedict) Spinoza (b. 1632–d. 1677) is generally considered the greatest philosopher of Jewish orig...

True Freedom: Spinoza's Practical Philosophy is a straightforward presentation of Spinoza's philosophy focused on the issue of how one might live. The book is unique among recent S...

Most comparisons of Thomas Hobbes and Baruch Spinoza focus on the difference in understanding of natural right. We argue that Hobbes also places more weight on a rudimentary and ex...

The arguments put forward by Baruch de Spinoza (1632-1677) in his Tractatus Theologico-Politicus (TTP) of 1670 build up towards the final chapter wherein Spinoza states that ‘the t...

In the third chapter the metaphysical concept of potency is further investigated in its inner relationships, which concern the opposition between potentia Dei absoluta and potentia...

Before achieving success as a novelist, George Eliot spent several years translating Spinoza’s Ethics. Previous scholarship on Spinoza and Eliot has generally assumed that Eliot’s ...

Abstract Nietzsche's relation to Spinoza is highly puzzling. It was based mainly on secondary sources. This article explores for the first time what impact Nietzsche...