Book contents
- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon
- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Using this Lexicon
- Abbreviations
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- 53. Education
- 54. Eliot, George (1819–1880)
- 55. Van den Enden, Franciscus (1602–1674)
- 56. Equality
- 57. Essence
- 58. Esteem, Love of
- 59. Eternity of Mind
- 60. Ethics, The
- 61. Existence
- 62. Experience
- 63. Explicate
- 64. Expression
- 65. Extension
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
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- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Bibliography
- Index of Cross-References
- References
62. - Experience
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 January 2025
Book contents
- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon
- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Using this Lexicon
- Abbreviations
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- 53. Education
- 54. Eliot, George (1819–1880)
- 55. Van den Enden, Franciscus (1602–1674)
- 56. Equality
- 57. Essence
- 58. Esteem, Love of
- 59. Eternity of Mind
- 60. Ethics, The
- 61. Existence
- 62. Experience
- 63. Explicate
- 64. Expression
- 65. Extension
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Bibliography
- Index of Cross-References
- References
Summary
Spinoza has long been criticized for despising experience. Critics sometimes express a preference for Descartes, more sensitive to psychological experience (such was the argument of the spiritualist school of Victor Cousin in France); others oppose him to Boyle, praised for having founded knowledge of nature on experimentation.
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- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon , pp. 156 - 158Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
References
Recommended Reading
Curley, E. M. (1973). Experience in Spinoza’s theory of knowledge. In Grene, M. (ed.), Spinoza: A Collection of Critical Essays (pp. 25–59). Anchor.Google Scholar
Moreau, P.-F. (1994). Spinoza: L’expérience et l’éternité. Presses Universitaires de France. Translated by R. Boncardo as Experience and Eternity in Spinoza (Edinburgh University Press, 2021).Google Scholar
Renz, U. (2010). Die Erklärbarkeit von Erfahrung: Subjektivität und Realismus in Spinozas Theorie des menschlichen Geistes. Klostermann. Translated as The Explainability of Experience: Realism and Subjectivity in Spinoza’s Theory of the Human Mind (Oxford University Press, 2018).Google Scholar