L’Imitation d’autrui et l’Invention de soi

Le concept d'ingenium chez Spinoza

by Melanie Zappulla

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Extent: 390 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, French Studies, Philosophy

Series: Les Anciens et les Modernes - Etudes de philosophie

Series volume number: 66

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(September 2025)

ISBN: 9782406186922

5.91 x 8.62 inches

Price: $60.00

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Hardback (Published)

(September 2025)

ISBN: 9782406186939

5.91 x 8.62 inches

Price: $122.00

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According to Spinoza, a human being is endowed with a unique temperament, which he calls ingenium. As a people, as well, we have a common temperament. Spinoza shows that the identity of a human being or a people oscillates between the imitation of others and the invention of oneself or a “we”.

  • By (author) Melanie Zappulla