THE BRIGHT LIGHTS ON SELF IDENTITY AND POSITIVE RECIPROCITY: Spinoza’s Ethics of the Other Focusing on Competency, Sustainability and Divine Love

The claim of this paper is to present Spinoza’s view on self-esteem and positive reciprocity, which replaces the human being in a monistic psycho-dynamical affective framework, instead of a dualistic pedestal above nature. Without naturalising the human being in an eliminative materialistic view as...

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Main Author: Haaz, Ignace (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dharmaram College 2018
In: Journal of Dharma
Year: 2018, Volume: 43, Issue: 3, Pages: 261-284
Further subjects:B 17th Century Philosophy
B Love
B Sustainability
B Competency
B Spinoza
B Philosophical Ethics
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