Spinoza's Ethic: Our Original Sin, Our Fallen Nature and Our Blessedness

Given Spinoza's expressed life's purpose and motivation, this reading and commentary provides an important reading of Spinoza's work. Spinoza's close and intimate Christian friends thought that under Spinoza's guidance, they could fend off the superstitions of the established churches "...we may, under your guidance, uphold truth against those who are religious and Christian in a superstitious way, and may stand firm against the onslaught of the whole world. (EP8)" Not only does...
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Given Spinoza's expressed life's purpose and motivation, this reading and commentary provides an important reading of Spinoza's work. Spinoza's close and intimate Christian friends thought that under Spinoza's guidance, they could fend off the superstitions of the established churches "...we may, under your guidance, uphold truth against those who are religious and Christian in a superstitious way, and may stand firm against the onslaught of the whole world. (EP8)" Not only does Spinoza's work belong to the 17th century radical protestant movement in Holland, as Graeme Hunter suggests in his book, Radical Protestantism in Spinoza's Thought, Spinoza is the most spiritually insightful; and Spinoza is at the extremes of that radicalism. A profound and singular voice among Christian writers, Spinoza accepts only the Truth and nothing less than the Truth. Spinoza's contributions to our enlightenment reveal and will yet reveal the 'ways of God' to people.Between the lines of Spinoza's Ethic lies a critical contribution to Christology, which leads to a viable 21st century Christology. This booklet brings Spinoza's contribution forward in a suitably radical presentation.Aldo Di Giovannialdo12@sympatico.ca905-626-2536