Spinoza Serial Killer

Posted on January 31, 2019 by zjb

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I realized today at the end of class. Spinoza was a serial killer. One thing after the next, the God of Israel, prophecy, miracle, law, election. Like him or not, but what’s left? He’s cold, not warm like Leibniz or hot like Deleuze.

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Zachary Braiterman is Professor of Religion in the Department of Religion at Syracuse University. His specialization is modern Jewish thought and philosophical aesthetics. http://religion.syr.edu
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6 Responses to Spinoza Serial Killer

  1. Charles P. Cohen says:
    January 31, 2019 at 11:13 pm

    Forgive me for making a joke of this:

    . . . If you can kill an idea, was it ever really alive?

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  2. Ariel Chalklin says:
    February 1, 2019 at 6:22 am

    Surely one would not expect warmth from such a logician?

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  3. dmf says:
    February 4, 2019 at 10:16 am

    icon killer?

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  4. John Heyderman says:
    February 12, 2019 at 5:32 am

    To be fare, he doesn’t exactly ‘kill’ the notion of prophecy. In the TTP he clearly sees a role for the prophet, but not one that is or overlaps with the role of the philosopher.

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