Hegel and Spinoza

This Element concerns Hegel's engagement with Spinoza's metaphysics, and divides into three main parts. The first enlists help from Hegel's interpretation to introduce and defend philosophical strengths in Spinoza's defense of metaphysical monism. The second defends Hegel's criticism of Spinoza, concluding that Spinoza's philosophy must eliminate all finitude and determinacy, leaving only a shapeless abyss. The third employs these defenses to open up an approach to the philosophical interpretation of Hegel's Logic, the core of his philosophical system, understanding the meaning of Hegel's ambitious claims in terms of reasons that make them more than the mere unpacking of assumptions.

List of contents

1. Hegel and Spinoza: From Shapeless Abyss to Self-Developing Thought; 2. Two Kinds of Reasons for Spinoza's Monism; 3. The Abyss: Defense of Hegel's Immanent Critique; 4. Seriously but Dialectically: From Shapeless Abyss to Self-Developing Thought; Conclusion; List of Abbreviations; References.

Product details

• Authors: James (Claremont Mckenna College) Kreines, Kreines James
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 30.11.2025
• EAN: 9781009593229
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0959322-9
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Western philosophy from c 1800, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500