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CATEGORIES:Departmental Seminars in History and Philosophy of
  Science
SUMMARY:Spinoza on law and sovereignty - Susan James (Birk
 beck\, University of London)
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UID:TALK8196AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/8196
DESCRIPTION:There's a moment in the history of early modern ph
 ilosophy when the idea that humans are subject to 
 the commands of God is challenged and rejected. Ca
 n we locate it? Perhaps the earliest philosopher w
 ho wholeheartedly gives up this orthodox view is B
 enedict Spinoza. In this paper I examine Spinoza's
  wide-ranging argument for his claim that all laws
 \, in the sense of commands\, are made and imposed
  by human beings rather than by the deity. I show 
 how he defends this conclusion by embedding it in 
 his wider metaphysics and politics. I go on to exa
 mine some consequences of this move\, concentratin
 g on the instabilities it produces in Spinoza's di
 stinction between reason and imagination.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, History and Philosophy of Science
 \, Department of
CONTACT:Lauren Kassell
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