Post tag : Baruch Spinoza

  • Progress and Limits of Freedom of Thought in Europe from the 16th to the 18th Century

    Progress and Limits of Freedom of Thought in Europe from the 16th to the 18th Century

    Since the 19th century, Western intellectuals have studied the development of individualization, as opposed to the primacy of society over the individuals who compose it. Probably, the idealizations of the individual as well as the political tensions related to socialism and conservatism have contributed to favouring this angle of analysis. Here, we will focus on…

  • The vigour of the desire for recognition

    The vigour of the desire for recognition

    The previous article concluded with the quest for recognition that individuals embark on, a quest that can come into conflict with a desire for intellectual emancipation. In this one, we will specify what the concept of recognition entails and in what way the desire for recognition interferes with the freedom of thought. Along the way,…