Oreste et Neron

Spinoza, Freud et le mal

by Isabelle Sgambato-Ledoux, preface by Pierre-Francois Moreau

Book cover: Oreste et Neron

Extent: 161 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Philosophy

Series: Les Anciens et les Modernes - Etudes de philosophie

Series volume number: 31

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(September 2017)

ISBN: 9782406061281

Price: $41.00

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How can we think about evil if we exclude free will? Spinoza and Freud define freedom in terms of the understanding of mechanisms arising in a person by necessity. Spinoza’s letters to Blijenbergh, analyzed here through a Freudian lens, allow us to formulate a response to this problem.

  • By (author) Isabelle Sgambato-Ledoux
  • Preface by Pierre-François Moreau