Abstract

Spinoza's philosophy is the result of both his rationalism and his mysticism. ;Spinoza the mystic is represented by the insistence upon the non-duality of reality. The eternity of the human mind, the "amor Dei intellectualis" and "scientia intuitiva" are to various degrees tinged by mysticism. ;The analysis of the concept of God is rationalistic. So is the importance of causality in Spinozism. In Spinozism God and substance are identical. ;Spinozism is an alternative to Judaeo-Christian dualism. Spinoza's concept of man is unsatisfactory. Spinoza tried to obliterate the chasm between man and a transcendent God, but obliterated not only the chasm but man as well in the process. ;The doctrines of the eternity of the human mind and human freewill are to various degrees untenable in the light of the rest of Spinoza's Ethics