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‘Als in een veergezicht’

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Auteurs

Guido Vanheeswijck

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nl

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journal-article

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p> <jats:bold>‘As in a view from afar’. Vondel’s epistemological objections to Spinoza’s circle</jats:bold> </jats:p> <jats:p>From a philosophical and theological stance, Spinoza and Vondel are traditionally portrayed as downright antipodes. Whereas Spinoza is seen as a pre-eminent representative of ‘radical Enlightenment’, Vondel is generally considered as a rather reactionary author who does not fit at all in this radical version of Enlightenment. The central aim of this article is to modify this generally agreed perception. On the basis of recent historical research in the relation between the circle of Spinoza and Vondel, the affinities between both authors can be brought to the fore, in particular when looking at their writings on the relation between politics and religion. The gap between their views becomes only apparent when their respective views of God are at stake: there is an undeniable contrast between Spinoza’s naturalist pantheism and Vondel’s classic theism. In order to understand that very difference, the focus will be laid on two writings, conceived in more or less the same period: Vondel’s philosophical-theological poem <jats:italic>Bespieghelingen van Godt en Godsdienst</jats:italic> and Spinoza’s <jats:italic>Verhandeling over de verbetering van het verstand (Treatise on the Emendation of Understanding)</jats:italic>. The central difference between the two authors in these writings relates to their methodological approach of existential questions about God and salvation, in particular to their dissent concerning the epistemological role of the geometrical method and the specific role of language. One of the hypotheses I propound in this respect is that Vondel’s relation to Lodewijk Meyer has been of utmost importance in order to explain their different methodological positions. Finally, I indicate the topical relevance of this methodological difference for contemporary philosophical reflection.</jats:p>

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DOI

10.5117/antw2019.1.008.vanh

ISSN

0002-5275 · 2352-1244

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article

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journal-article

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Amsterdam University Press

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