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Spinoza and Mental Health |
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Wienpahl, Paul
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| Source |
Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy
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| Volume | v.15 |
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| Date | 1972 |
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| Pages | 64 - 94 |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | Affection;Epistemology;Freedom;God;Mental Health;Substance;Spinoza;Wienpahl, Paul; |
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| Abstract | With the proviso that Spinoza's concerns were philosophical，not medical，we examine the "ethics" with a view to bringing out those aspects of it which are of import for mental health. We find that the "ethics" surrounds the idea that man can be egoless in the Buddhist sense of that term. This concept provides a criterion of mental health. Further，according to Spinoza's theory of the affections, those which are passive include some which are based on pain. These he 'enumerates among the diseases'. And for them he provides, in part V，specific 'remedies'. This in turn leads him to equate 'mental freedom or beatitude' with a 'healthy mind'. We thus have in part V additional possible criteria of mental health. Finally，there is the suggestion that philosophy for Spinoza was a kind of therapy. |
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| ISSN | 0020174X |
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| Hits | 231 |
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| Created date | 2001.01.18
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