The present article proposes a comparison between Spinoza and Bayle on biblical criticism and the problem of tolerance within the context of the profound theological-political crisis that shook Europe between the late 17th century and the early 18th century. Did Spinoza’s biblical critique play a true role within the context of early 18th century post-Cartesian philosophy? A comparison with Bayle is highly instructive in this sense, in that it allows us to understand Spinoza’s heritage, but also the profound distance between Spinoza’s reading of the relations between philosophy and the scriptures, and the cultural transformations that ensued from the «crisis of European conscience» in the 18th century. The author highlights the divergences between Spinoza and Bayle’s solutions to the problem of tolerance, which are theological-political in the first case and lead to sceptical results in the second. On these premises, the author intends to evaluate the critical and problematic nature of Spinozist thought with respect to early Enlightenment philosophy.
Il presente articolo propone un confronto fra Spinoza e Bayle in merito ai temi della critica biblica e della tolleranza religiosa, nel contesto della crisi teologico-politica che investe l’Europa tra la fine del Seicento e la prima metà del diciottesimo secolo. Esiste all’alba del XVIII secolo un ruolo effettivo dell’ontologia e della critica biblica del pensatore olandese nel contesto delle filosofie post-cartesiane? Il confronto con Bayle è da questo punto di vista significativo, poiché permette di comprendere l’eredità, ma anche la differenza tra la lettura spinoziana del rapporto tra filosofia e Scrittura e la successiva «crisi della coscienza europea» che investe il XVIII secolo. L’autore sottolinea la diversità della soluzione spinoziana al problema della tolleranza rispetto a Bayle: teologico-politica nel primo caso, filosofica e scettica nel secondo. Da queste premesse l’autore muove ad un’analisi critica della posizione dello spinozismo rispetto alla cultura filosofica della prima età dei Lumi.
Donna, D. (2017). La tolleranza religiosa tra filosofia e Scrittura. Spinoza e Pierre Bayle. SOCIETÀ E STORIA, 145(Fascicolo 2016), 663-676.
La tolleranza religiosa tra filosofia e Scrittura. Spinoza e Pierre Bayle
DONNA, DIEGO
2017
Abstract
The present article proposes a comparison between Spinoza and Bayle on biblical criticism and the problem of tolerance within the context of the profound theological-political crisis that shook Europe between the late 17th century and the early 18th century. Did Spinoza’s biblical critique play a true role within the context of early 18th century post-Cartesian philosophy? A comparison with Bayle is highly instructive in this sense, in that it allows us to understand Spinoza’s heritage, but also the profound distance between Spinoza’s reading of the relations between philosophy and the scriptures, and the cultural transformations that ensued from the «crisis of European conscience» in the 18th century. The author highlights the divergences between Spinoza and Bayle’s solutions to the problem of tolerance, which are theological-political in the first case and lead to sceptical results in the second. On these premises, the author intends to evaluate the critical and problematic nature of Spinozist thought with respect to early Enlightenment philosophy.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
