Komend Groninger Symposium: Spinoza's Politics

Woensdag 6 oktober 2010 organiseert de Faculteit Wijsbegeerte van de RijksUniversiteit Groningen het 

                          Symposium: Spinoza’s Politics, 
        + GRIPh Colloquium Lecture by Prof. Susan James and more!
               [GRIPh = Groningen Research Institute of Philosophy]

Locatie: Faculty of Philosophy, Oude Boteringestraat 52, room Omega

11.00 - 17.00 hrs

All welcome! Please register (see below), no costs.

Speakers include:
Steve Nadler (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Eric Schliesser (Ghent University)
Piet Steenbakkers (Utrecht University)
Keynote lecture / GRIPh Colloquium (15.30-17h):
Susan James (Birkbeck, London): ' From Imagining to Understanding: Spinoza’s Practical Project'

Symposium 6 oktober 2010: Spinoza's Politics

Programme

Symposium Spinoza’s Politics

October 6, 2010

11.00 – 11.45:
Prof. dr. Piet Steenbakkers (Utrecht University/Erasmus University Rotterdam)
‘Why Biblical Criticism Matters to Politics: The Argument of the Theologico-Political Treatise’

11.45 – 12.30:
Dr. Arthur Weststeijn (Groningen University)
‘Spinoza’s Rhetoric: Passions and Persuasion in the Dutch Golden Age’

12.30-13.30: lunch break

13.30-14.15:
Prof. dr. Eric Schliesser (Ghent University)
‘Salvation, Works, and Philosophic Prophecy in Hobbes and Spinoza’

14.15-15.00:
Prof. dr. Steve Nadler (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
‘Scripture and Truth: A Problem in Spinoza’s Tractatus Theologico-politicus’

15.00-15.30: tea break

15.30-17.00: Key note lecture
Prof. dr. Susan James (Birkbeck, London)
‘From Imagining to Understanding: Spinoza’s Practical Project’

Registration and information

 

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