Spinoza on Philosophy and Religion: The Averroistic Sources

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Abstract

Carlos Fraenkel argues that Spinoza, who is often presented as having laid the foundations of modernity, shared the philosophical and religious concerns of medieval Islamic and Jewish philosophers to a remarkable extent. In this context, Fraenkel is particularly interested in the impact of the Muslim philosopher Averrores, mediated through the Jewish Renaissance Averroist Elijah Delmedigo (d. 1493), on Spinoza’s philosophical-religious project.

Keywords

Early Writing Literal Sense Early Modern Period Scientific Demonstration Natural Reason 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of PhilosophyMcGill UniversityWest MontréalCanada

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