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Philosophical Survey In The Morality Of Spinoza In The Light Of His Evil And Good
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1.1 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
For the fact, that many philosophers of
different epochs have dwelt on good and evil with different mindsets and
came out with misconception of what good and evil are, Spinoza as
against these views conceived the idea of good and evil in a different
way.
However, the purpose of this work is to expose and
appraise the conception of good and evil in the morality of Spinoza. To
show how his conception of good and evil differs from that of other
philosophers.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Inspite of
the early thinker’s view on this topic, which are as aged as humanity,
the problem still lingers. The problem at stake seem to have confused
its history with the history of mankind and have being the bone of
contention among philosophers, theologians and even among humanists of
all schools and epochs. Now, one may ask, what is the solution to this
problem of good and evil, which has persistently continued to occur?
Alternatively, has the problem become insoluble or is there any hope of
overcoming this problem? The above questions are relevant questions
which when considered properly as exposed by Spinoza brings solutions to
the innumerable questions philosophers do ask about good and evil.
Therefore,
this research is an attempt to find solution to the questions above. We
hope that our exposure to the conceptions of Spinoza about good and
evil would help us to some extent in resolving the problematic notion of
good and evil.
1.3 SCOPE OF WORK
Man as it were
from time immemorial associates and dissociates himself with what is
good and evil respectively. Such is man’s desire for good and aversion
to evil: “Man by nature desires what is good and averts to what is
evil.â€3 As such, his enquiries, deliberations and thoughts on good and
evil have been an outstanding issue from time immemorial until now. My
work is a journey in search of what good and evil really are in the
views of Spinoza
In addition, I pondered on some philosophers
conceptions about good and evil right from ancient period to
contemporary period. It should be obvious that grasping of Spinoza’s
teaching about good and evil will quench the thirst that eventually
could lead to the misconception of the idea of good and evil, which
leads to apportioning blames on the creator of the universe.
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