Spinozism
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Spinozism is the philosophical system of Baruch Spinoza, characterized by a strict monism in which God and Nature are identified as a single infinite substance governed by rational, necessary laws.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Spinozism canonical | 12 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spinozism Context triple: [Deus sive Natura, associatedSchool, Spinozism]
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Cartesianism
Cartesianism is the philosophical system developed by René Descartes, centered on rationalism, mind–body dualism, and the use of methodical doubt to establish certain knowledge.
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Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism is a philosophical system developed in the Roman Empire that reinterprets and extends Plato’s ideas into a metaphysical framework centered on a single transcendent source from which all reality emanates.
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Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century rationalist philosopher whose works on metaphysics, ethics, and religion profoundly influenced Enlightenment thought and modern philosophy.
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Platonism
Platonism is a philosophical doctrine rooted in Plato’s ideas, emphasizing the existence of abstract, non-material Forms or universals as the most real and fundamental aspects of reality.
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Fichtean idealism
Fichtean idealism is a form of German idealist philosophy developed by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that emphasizes the self-positing activity of the ego as the foundation of all reality and knowledge.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spinozism Target entity description: Spinozism is the philosophical system of Baruch Spinoza, characterized by a strict monism in which God and Nature are identified as a single infinite substance governed by rational, necessary laws.
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A.
Cartesianism
Cartesianism is the philosophical system developed by René Descartes, centered on rationalism, mind–body dualism, and the use of methodical doubt to establish certain knowledge.
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B.
Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism is a philosophical system developed in the Roman Empire that reinterprets and extends Plato’s ideas into a metaphysical framework centered on a single transcendent source from which all reality emanates.
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C.
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century rationalist philosopher whose works on metaphysics, ethics, and religion profoundly influenced Enlightenment thought and modern philosophy.
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D.
Platonism
Platonism is a philosophical doctrine rooted in Plato’s ideas, emphasizing the existence of abstract, non-material Forms or universals as the most real and fundamental aspects of reality.
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E.
Fichtean idealism
Fichtean idealism is a form of German idealist philosophy developed by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that emphasizes the self-positing activity of the ego as the foundation of all reality and knowledge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethical system
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metaphysical system ⓘ philosophical doctrine ⓘ |
| affirms |
everything follows from the necessity of the divine nature
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strict determinism ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
blessedness
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freedom through understanding necessity ⓘ |
| classifies | emotions as affects ⓘ |
| definesFreedomAs | acting from the necessity of one’s own nature ⓘ |
| definesGodAs | absolutely infinite being ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
geometrical method in philosophy
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rational understanding of reality ⓘ |
| hasCentralFigure | Baruch Spinoza ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
adequate idea
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attribute ⓘ conatus ⓘ intellectual love of God ⓘ mode ⓘ parallelism of mind and body ⓘ substance ⓘ |
| hasCoreWork |
Ethics
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Tractatus Politicus ⓘ Tractatus Theologico-Politicus ⓘ |
| hasEthicalGoal |
achieving active joy
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overcoming passive affects ⓘ |
| hasMetaphysicalView | substance monism ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalDimension |
critique of religious authority in politics
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defense of freedom of thought ⓘ |
| hasViewOnMindBody | mind–body parallelism ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Early Modern philosophy ⓘ |
| holds |
God has infinitely many attributes
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God or Nature is an infinite substance ⓘ adequate ideas increase human power of acting ⓘ everything that exists is in God ⓘ humans know only thought and extension as attributes ⓘ inadequate ideas are the source of bondage ⓘ modes are modifications of the one substance ⓘ |
| identifies | God with Nature ⓘ |
| influenced |
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi
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Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ German Idealism ⓘ
linked to:
German idealism
Gilles Deleuze ⓘ Johann Gottfried Herder ⓘ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ Louis Althusser ⓘ Romanticism ⓘ contemporary analytic Spinoza scholarship ⓘ pantheism debates in the 18th century ⓘ |
| isOftenClassifiedAs | pantheism ⓘ |
| isSometimesInterpretedAs |
acosmism
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panentheism ⓘ |
| locatesHighestGoodIn | intellectual love of God ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Baruch Spinoza ⓘ |
| originatedIn | 17th century Netherlands ⓘ |
| rejects |
Cartesian dualism
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linked to:
Cartesianism
final causes in nature ⓘ free will in the libertarian sense ⓘ |
| teaches | there is only one substance ⓘ |
| usesMethod | more geometrico ⓘ |
| usesTerm | Deus sive Natura ⓘ |
| wasAccusedOf | atheism in the 17th and 18th centuries ⓘ |
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Subject: Spinozism Description of subject: Spinozism is the philosophical system of Baruch Spinoza, characterized by a strict monism in which God and Nature are identified as a single infinite substance governed by rational, necessary laws.
Referenced by (12)
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