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Mors Immortalis (The problem of death in Spinoza's philosophy)

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Death and dying - these are very important philosophical problems. Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza who ranks among the rationalists of the XVIIth century, solves the problem of death in the framework of his ontological schedule. The author summarizes the basic elements of Spinoza's solution: Death can play the role of evil only for such kind of people which is not able of higher forms of understanding, i.e. only for people who are called "homines carnales" by Spinoza; for people whom Spinoza called "homines sapientes", death cannot play this role. On the contrary, homo sapiens is able to overcome death because he understands himself and the necessity of things and God.

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  • M. Hemelík, 1994. "Mors Immortalis (The problem of death in Spinoza's philosophy)," E-LOGOS, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 1994(1).
    • Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlelg:v:1994:y:1994:i:1:id:116
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