In chapter 17 of Tractatus theologico-politicus, Spinoza rejects the Hellenistic theory of princeps a diis electus, which Seneca supports in De clementia I, 1, 24. However, Seneca’s De clementia is very important to understand some passions and virtues of Spinoza’s Ethica: the double definition of crudelitas, the opposition between crudelitas and clementia, the connection between generositas and clementia, the refusal of affections like misericordia and commiseratio. By his radical interpretation of senecan concepts such as clementia and fatalis necessitas, Spinoza takes distance from any Christian Stoicism (Scioppius-Lipsius, 1604-1606).
Spinoza e il "De clementia" di Seneca
PROIETTI, Omero
2008-01-01
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In chapter 17 of Tractatus theologico-politicus, Spinoza rejects the Hellenistic theory of princeps a diis electus, which Seneca supports in De clementia I, 1, 24. However, Seneca’s De clementia is very important to understand some passions and virtues of Spinoza’s Ethica: the double definition of crudelitas, the opposition between crudelitas and clementia, the connection between generositas and clementia, the refusal of affections like misericordia and commiseratio. By his radical interpretation of senecan concepts such as clementia and fatalis necessitas, Spinoza takes distance from any Christian Stoicism (Scioppius-Lipsius, 1604-1606).| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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