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Year 2020, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 29 - 43, 30.05.2020

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Spinoza’s Distinction between Religion and Reason

Year 2020, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 29 - 43, 30.05.2020

Abstract

The main point that Spinoza emphasis in his religious criticism is the distinction that he made between religion and philosophy, also, this is becoming the main topic of Spinoza's book named Theological-Political Treaties. Spinoza reveals the inaccuracy of attempting to adapt religion to reason/ philosophy or to adapt reason/philosophy to religion, through the works of two prominent names, Mūsā ibn Maimūn (Moses Maimonides) and Juda ben Alpakhar, in the Jewish traditional thought. Although these two thinkers belong to the same tradition and the same faith, they differ from each other in terms of methodology. In this study, firstly, we will examine the opinions of Ibn Maimūn and Alpakhar on the subject and subsequently, we will try to analyze the subject with consideration of Spinoza’s criticism and comments related to the subject.

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  • Arıcan, Musa Kazım. Spinoza Felsefesi Üzerine Yazılar. İstanbul: Divan Kitap, 2015.
  • Balibar, Étienne. Spinoza ve Siyaset. Tr. trans. Sanem Soyarslan. İstanbul: Otonom Yayıncılık, 2017.
  • Cevizci, Ahmet. 17. Yüzyıl Felsefesi. İstanbul: Say Yayınları, 2016.
  • Ibn Maymūn, Mūsā. Delâletu’l-Hâirîn. Tr. trans. Osman Bayder & Özcan Akdağ. Kayseri: Kimlik Yayınları, 2019.
  • Karaman, Hüseyin. “İbn Meymûn’un Düşüncesinde Aklın Sınırları ve Din-Felsefe İlişkisi.” Dinbilimleri Akademik Araştırma Dergisi 6, no. 4 (2006): 153-73.
  • Kutsal Kitap: Eski ve Yeni Antlaşma. Tr. Trans. Komisyon. İstanbul: Yeni Yaşam Yayınları, 2008.
  • Spinoza, Baruch. Teolojik-Politik İnceleme. Tr. trans. Cemal Bâli Akal and Reyda Ergün. Ankara, Dost Kitabevi, 2016.
  • Strauss, Leo. Spinoza’s Critique of Religion. New York: Schocken Books, 1965.
  • Wilfinson, Israil. Mūsā ibn Maymūn: Ḥayātuh wa Muṣannafātuh. Cairo: Lajnat at-Taʼlīf wa at-Tarjama wa an-Nashr, 1936.
  • Wolfson, Harry Austryn. The Philosophy of Spinoza. Cleveland and New York: Meridian Books. 1961.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Philosophy
Journal Section Article
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Kibar Gürbüz This is me 0000-0003-0292-6563

Publication Date May 30, 2020
Published in Issue Year 2020 Volume: 4 Issue: 1

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Chicago Gürbüz, Kibar. “Spinoza’s Distinction Between Religion and Reason”. Entelekya Logico-Metaphysical Review 4, no. 1 (May 2020): 29-43.