The Influence of Abraham Cohen de Herrera's Kabbalah on Spinoza's Metaphysics

vvi, 431 pp, index
ISBN: 978-90-04-31567-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 450 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 771 g

Reihe: The Iberian Religious World

In this book the author seeks to find historiographical and textual evidence that Abraham Cohen de Herrera ‘s main kabbalistic work, Puerta del Cielo, influenced Spinoza’s metaphysics as it is expounded in his later work, the Ethica. Many of the most important ontological topics maintained by the philosopher, like the concept of the first cause as substance, the procession of the infinite modes, the subjective or metaphorical reality of the attributes, and the two different understandings of God, were anticipated in Herrera’s mystical treatise. Both shared a particular consideration of panentheism that entails acosmism. This influence is proven through a comparative examination of the writings of both authors, as well as a detailed research on previous Jewish philosophical thought.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beltran, Miquel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Neuzeit
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Spiritualität & Mystik (Kabbala, Chassidismus)
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Theologie

Über Autor(innen)

Miquel Beltrán, Ph.D. (1990), is Professor of Jewish ethics at the University of the Balearic Islands. He published monographs and articles on Spinoza and Maimonides, and also a transcription of Herrera’s Puerta del Cielo. He has been researcher at the CSIC and the CNRS.