Teacher
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TOTO FRANCESCO
(syllabus)
During the course, students will have the opportunity to read parts three and four of Spinoza's Ethics, which address theories of the passions and virtues, respectively, as well as the entirety of the Political Treatise, which considers the issue of institutions from a democratic perspective. The course's objective is to explore the interconnections between ontology, ethics, and politics. It will also attempt to draw attention to the ways in which the Ethics and Political Treatise diverge from the earlier Theologico-Political Treatise, as well as to the critical dialogue that Spinoza engages in with his main interlocutors, Descartes and Hobbes.
(reference books)
Baruch Spinoza, Ethics, Parts III e IV (Curley ed., Princeton UP) Political Treatise (Curley ed, Princeton UP).
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