O conceito de “vontade de Deus” não passa de um “asilo da ignorância”, disparava Spinoza. Quando ignoramos a causa de algo, apelamos para o pseudo-argumento: “é assim pois Deus assim o quer”. De modo algum expandimos nossa compreensão, mas simplesmente buscamos asilo numa pia ignorância. Assim argumentava o excomungado....
THE TRIPLE ILLUSION OF CHRISTIAN CONSCIOUSNESSby Hasana Sharp (McGill University) In Spinoza: Practical Philosophy, Gilles Deleuze writes that “consciousness is inseparable from the triple illusion that constitutes it, the illusion of finality, the illusion of freedom, and the theological illusion.” The triple illusion that Deleuze identifies belongs to a fantasy of human exceptionalism. Consciousness...
ACTION, AFFECT AND TRANSINDIVUALITY IN SPINOZA’S PHILOSOPHY By Hasana Sharp (1) To think in terms of affect is necessarily to think in terms of “transindividuality”, such that forms of individuality are necessarily incomplete and variable in response to other beings. Understanding human expression in terms of natural forces and affective...