Cohen, Spinoza and the Nature of Pantheism

Hermann Cohen's understanding of pantheism is a major factor in his critique of Spinoza. This paper examines both Spinoza's view of pantheism and Cohen's claim that pantheism is mostly a Christian doctrine, essentially opposed to the Jewish tradition. Cohen states (for example) thatSp...

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Auteur principal: Melamed, Yitzhak Y. 1968- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Mohr Siebeck [2018]
Dans: Jewish studies quarterly
Année: 2018, Volume: 25, Numéro: 2, Pages: 171-180
Sujets non-standardisés:B Judaism
B Panentheism
B RABBINIC STANCES
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Résumé:Hermann Cohen's understanding of pantheism is a major factor in his critique of Spinoza. This paper examines both Spinoza's view of pantheism and Cohen's claim that pantheism is mostly a Christian doctrine, essentially opposed to the Jewish tradition. Cohen states (for example) thatSpinoza "grants pantheism priority over monotheism, in the spirit of Christ." Assessing first Spinoza's writings on pantheism and then rabbinic stances on pantheism, I demonstrate that Cohen's claim that Judaism is opposed to pantheism receives little, if any, confirmation from historicalreality and conclude that his analysis of Spinoza's pantheism has more to do with his negative feelings about the philosopher than with Spinoza's philosophy.
ISSN:1868-6788
Contient:Enthalten in: Jewish studies quarterly
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1628/jsq-2018-0007