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Spinoza and Scholastic PhilosophyIn Yitzhak Y. Melamed (ed.), Blackwell Companion to Spinoza, Blackwell. 2021.In the first section of this chapter, I offer an overview of a selected list of Scholastic debates intersecting Spinoza's Cogitata Metaphysica. I highlight how Spinoza consciously intervenes in them, showing a certain awareness of the intricacies of Scholastic discourse. In this first section, I emphasize Spinoza’s interest in three specific problems: the issue of the division of being into “real being” and “being of reason”; the eternity of God and its distinction from duration; and, finally, …Read more
Zachary Gartenberg
St. John's College, Annapolis
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St. John's College, AnnapolisTutor
Areas of Specialization
17th/18th Century Philosophy |
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Religion |
Medieval Metaphysics |