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2 - Jacobi and Spinoza

from Part I - The Critique of Reason: Debates on Rationalism, Empiricism, and Skepticism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2023

By
Birgit Sandkaulen  and
Joseph Carew
Edited by
Alexander J. B. Hampton
Alexander J. B. Hampton
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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Summary

This analysis of Jacobi’s pivotal Spinoza Letters illustrates that the driving force behind his innovative altercation with Spinoza lies not in religious motives, but rather in motives derived from the philosophy of action. By putting into effect the contradiction between system and freedom in the practical sphere, Jacobi opened up new perspectives in modernity’s own self-understanding.

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Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi and the Ends of the Enlightenment
Religion, Philosophy, and Reason at the Crux of Modernity
 , pp. 34 - 48
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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