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- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon
- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Using this Lexicon
- Abbreviations
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- 1. Absolute (Metaphysical)
- 2. Absolute (Political)
- 3. Abstractions and Universals
- 4. Action and Passion
- 5. Adequacy
- 6. Affect
- 7. Affection
- 8. Affirmation
- 9. Agreement
- 10. Ambition
- 11. Animals
- 12. Animation
- 13. Apostle
- 14. Aristocracy
- 15. Attribute
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11. - Animals
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon
- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Using this Lexicon
- Abbreviations
- A
- 1. Absolute (Metaphysical)
- 2. Absolute (Political)
- 3. Abstractions and Universals
- 4. Action and Passion
- 5. Adequacy
- 6. Affect
- 7. Affection
- 8. Affirmation
- 9. Agreement
- 10. Ambition
- 11. Animals
- 12. Animation
- 13. Apostle
- 14. Aristocracy
- 15. Attribute
- B
- C
- D
- E
- 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
Common talk of animals, and of the difference between human and nonhuman animals in particular, relies on universal notions. In many philosophical traditions, such notions are entangled with a hierarchy of supposed abilities or moral status, such that nonhuman animals are seen as superior to plants but as inferior to humans. Aristotelians commonly held that nonhuman animals lack rational capacities. Cartesians even assumed that nonhuman animals lack a soul.
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- The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon , pp. 29 - 30Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
References
Recommended Reading
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Rogers, C. (2021). Being consistently biocentric: On the (im)possibility of a Spinozist animal ethics. Journal for Critical Animal Studies, 18(1), 52–72.Google Scholar
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Wilson, M. (1999). For they do not agree in nature with us: Spinoza on the lower animals. In Wilson, M. (ed.), Ideas and Mechanism: Essays on Early Modern Philosophy (pp. 178–95). Princeton University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar