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This book contributes to the ongoing debate on the contemporary relevance of Enlightenment philosophy by examining - through the lens of the French reception of Spinoza in the Eighteenth century - crucial themes such as virtuous atheism, freedom of conscience, and the tension between the 'spirit of system' and the 'systematic spirit.'
Diego Donna retraces the resistances, conflicts and interpretive ambiguities that the Enlightenment brought to bear on Spinoza's work. These are all hallmarks of a philosophical freedom that rejects all systems and authorities in the name of a new systematic reason. Donna therefore presents the notion of 'system' as essential both for understanding the historical development of Spinozism and assessing the evolution of modern philosophical debate, from the encyclopaedic culture of the Eighteenth century to the systemic rationality of the twentieth century.
Contents
Introduction: Spinoza: A Controversial Legacy
Abbreviations
I. System and Contagion
Towards a New Critical History of Philosophy
The 'Virtuous Atheist'. Bayle on Spinoza
From Reasonable Faith to the 'Spinozist King'
Endless Contradictions. The System of Atheism
Dualistic vs Monistic Systems. Spinoza and the Manichaeans
Spinoza in China
II. Translation and Criticism
Boulainvilliers' System of Nature
The Reasons for Force. The Rights of Conquerors
Condillac in the Labyrinth of Systems. 'Abstract Systems' and 'Legitimate Systems'
Cause, Essence, Substance. The Treatise on Systems
Mos Geometricus or Langue des Calculs?
III. Crisis and Renaissance of Systems
Systems of Atheism and the Common Sense of Philosophy. Voltaire on Spinoza
'Spinoza', 'Spinozist', 'Atheist', 'Soul' 'Chaos', 'Immaterialism', 'Freedom'. Spinoza in the Encyclopédie
D'Holbach and the Battle among Systems
Variations on the Encyclopaedic Spirit. New Perspectives on French Spinozism
Bibliography
Works by Spinoza
Works Cited
