Spinoza and the true philosophy. A study from the receptions of Burgh, Steno and Leibniz
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This article addresses the question of philosophy, ideas and truth in Spinozian thought, as well as the way to access them. For this purpose, we trace a historical journey through a series of letters and commentaries by Burgh, Steno and Leibniz. This will allow us, on the one hand, to show the historical-philosophical relevance of the debate and, on the other hand, to support our hypothesis, according to which Spinoza would consider his philosophy as true because it is based on a conception of the very nature of ideas that does not grant a status of reality to error as such, since in Spinozian immanence there are no completely inadequate or false ideas.
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