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52. - Dutch Cartesianism

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2025

By
Alexander Douglas
Edited by
Karolina Hübner  and
Justin Steinberg
Karolina Hübner
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
Justin Steinberg
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
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The Dutch Cartesians form part of the historical context that is crucial for understanding Spinoza’s philosophy (Bunge 2001; Verbeek 2003; James 2012; Douglas 2015b). The Dutch Republic, where Descartes spent the years 1628–49 and produced his greatest philosophical work, was naturally the first country to embrace his teaching, which entered the universities in a storm of controversy (Verbeek 1992, chap. 2 ; Bunge 2001, chap. 2; Douglas 2015b, §1.3; Schmaltz 2017, §1.3.1; Strazzoni 2018, chap. 2).

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The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon , pp. 130 - 132
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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van Bunge, W. (2001). From Stevin to Spinoza: An Essay on Philosophy in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic. Brill.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Douglas, A. X. (2015). Spinoza and Dutch Cartesianism: Philosophy and Theology. Oxford University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Schmaltz, T. M. (2017). Early Modern Cartesianisms: Dutch and French Constructions. Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
Strazzoni, A. (2018). Dutch Cartesianism and the Birth of Philosophy of Science: From Regius to ‘s Gravesande. De Gruyter.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Verbeek, T. (1992). Descartes and the Dutch: Early Reactions to Cartesian Philosophy, 1637–1650. Southern Illinois University Press.Google Scholar
Verbeek, T. (1999). Spinoza and Cartesianism. In Coudert, A. P., Hutton, S., Popkin, R. H., and Weiner, G. M. (eds.), Judaeo-Christian Intellectual Culture in the Seventeenth Century: A Celebration of the Library of Narcissus Marsh (1638–1713) (pp. 173–84). Springer Netherlands.Google Scholar
Verbeek, T. (2003). Spinoza’s Theologico-Political Treatise: Exploring “The Will of God.” Routledge.Google Scholar

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