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| Reason: Reason in philosophy is the ability to think clearly and logically about the world around us. It is the capacity to draw inferences from evidence, to identify and solve problems, and to make informed decisions. Reason is often contrasted with emotion, intuition, and faith. In Hegel there is a distinction between Verstand (that recognizes the differences) and Vernunft (that reassembles them). See also Hegel, Idealism, Thinking, Mind._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Baruch Spinoza on Reason - Dictionary of Arguments
Höffe I 234 Reason/Spinoza/Höffe: Spinoza takes (...) a "third way" between rationalism and the rejection of reason(1). In contrast to the rationalist principle "sola ratione", through reason alone, and the principle of "sine ratio", which is skeptical of reason, without reason at all, he advocates an address-dependent Höffe I 235 “as well as”, which can be interpreted differently. The "as well as" can be understood as realistic, as appropriate for the time, or as elitist: According to Spinoza, few people are capable of philosophy to the point where reason alone is enough to lead a virtuous life. Cf. >Emancipation, >Freedom, >Governance, >State, >Order. 1. B. Spinoza, Tractatus theologico-politicus, Chap. 15_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Spinoza I B. Spinoza Spinoza: Complete Works Indianapolis 2002 Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-25