Spinoza and other heretics. Vol. 2, The adventures of immanence

252 Pages·1989·33.72 MB·English

by  Spinoza

Spinoza
and
OTHER
HERETICS
ADVENTURES OF
IMMANENCE
YIRMIYAHU
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Spinoza and Other Heretics
THE ADVENTURES OF IMMANENCE
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Spinoza
and
Other Heretics
THE ADVENTURES
OF IMMANENCE
YIRMIYAHU YOVEL
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Contents: v. 1. TheMarranoofreason
v. 2. Theadventuresofimmanence.
ISBN0-691-02078-7(v. 1: pbk.: alk. paper)
ISBN0-691-02079-5 (v. 2: pbk.: alk. paper)
r. Spinoza, Benedictus—de, 1632-1—677. 2. Marranos. 3. Immanence
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quote from TheChiefWorksofBenedictdeSpinoza, tr. R.H.M. Elwes (1951); Random
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T.M. GreeneandH. H. Hudson (i960). "Spinoza," byjorges Luis Borgesand
translated from theSpanish byYirmiyahuYovel, is published byarrangementwith the
EstateofJorgeLuis Borges. All rightsreserved.
For Ronny
v
Spinoza
TheJew's translucent hands
Shape the crystals in the twilight.
And the dying evening is all fear and chill.
(In the evenings, evenings are the same).
His hands and the hyacinth's space
Paling at the purview ofthe ghetto
Are almost inexistent for the quiet man
Dreaming a clear labyrinth.
Fame does not perturb him, that reflection
Ofdreams in another kind ofdream,
Nor the girls' fearful love.
Free ofmetaphor, free ofmyth
He shapes a rigid crystal: the infinite
Map ofthe One that is All Its stars.
—Jorge Luis Borges
translated by Yirmiyahu Yovel
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Contents
PREFACE ix
NOTE ON SOURCES XV
chapter i. Spinoza and Kant: Critique ofReligion and
Biblical Hermeneutics 3
chapter 2. Spinoza and Hegel: The Immanent God
Substance or Spirit? 27
chapter 3. Spinoza in Heine, Hess, Feuerbach: The
Naturalization ofMan 51
chapter 4. Spinoza and Marx: Man-in-Nature and the
Science ofRedemption 78
chapter 5. Spinoza and Nietzsche: Amordei and Amorfati 104
chapter 6. Spinoza and Freud: Self-Knowledge as
Emancipation 136
chapter 7. Epilogue: Immanence and Finitude 167
AFTERWORD
187
NOTES
I93
INDEX
225
(Vii)