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Spinoza on Miracles
(2019)
Abstract
Baruch Spinoza's approach to the subject of miracles was distinctly naturalistic. Instead of believing that God and nature consisted of separate domains (and that miracles represented supra-natural phenomena), he argued that they were one and the same. Thus, "miracle" is a pseudo-category, and those occurrences that we label with that word are actually natural phenomena whose rational causes are not yet understood.
Keywords
- Baruch Spinoza,
- Benedictus Spinoza,
- miracles,
- philosophy,
- God,
- nature
Disciplines
Publication Date
2019
Comments
Editor Charles H. Smith’s Note: The following texts represent transcriptions I made in August 2019 of English translations of Chapter 6, ‘Of Miracles’, of Baruch (Benedictus) Spinoza’sTractatus Theologico-Politicus, first published by Spinoza in Latin in 1670. Enjoy!
Citation Information
Charles H Smith. "Spinoza on Miracles" (2019) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/charles_smith/70/