PL 372 - Introduction to Spinoza

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. A study of the foundations of the philosophic teaching of Baruch Spinoza, principally through the reading of his Tractatus Theologico-Politicus. An examination of revelation, miracles, divine and human law, philosophic communication, natural right, obedience, and the theologico-political problem.