The ghost of freedom. Will and ego at Spinoza´s "Ethics" light

  • Pedro Lomba Universidad Complutense de Madrid
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/RPUB.56468
Keywords: Will, Ego, Freedom, Descartes, Spinoza

Abstract

In this paper, I analyse one of the roots of Spinoza´s Philosophy: his critical reflection on the means that Descartes uses to define and interweave the concepts of will, freedom and ego. The radicality of such a critique, considering the historical success of Cartesian Metaphysics, may be the reason that explains the shadowed position Spinozism has occupied in Modernity.

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Lomba P. (2017). The ghost of freedom. Will and ego at Spinoza´s "Ethics" light. Res Publica. Revista de Historia de las Ideas Políticas, 20(2), 243-258. https://doi.org/10.5209/RPUB.56468
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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2017)
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