title: Spinoza’s doctrine on god and religion in the light of Soviet philosophical thought
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metadata.value: Pavlov, Valerii L.
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metadata.value: Sukhodub, Tatiana D.
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metadata.value: 2022-09-20T16:31:15Z
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metadata.value: 2022-09-20T16:31:15Z
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metadata.value: 2022-06
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metadata.value: Pavlov V. L., Sukhodub T. D. Spinoza’s doctrine on god and religion in the light of Soviet philosophical thought. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2022, vol. 38, issue 2, pp. 177–186.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu17.2022.203
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/37824
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metadata.value: It is axiomatic that the formation of the atheistic character of Marxism, among other things,
  was influenced by some of B. Spinoza’s ideas. However, the philosophical heritage of this
  thinker was always contradictory and always perceived ambiguously. He was considered a
  defender of the Catholic faith, an adherent of Judaism, a modernizer of religion, a pantheist,
  and finally an atheist. The last attitude became dominant in Soviet philosophy. We suggest that
  this was the result of a synthesis of the subjective apologetic position of Soviet atheists and
  objectively existing contradictions and vulnerable aspects of Spinoza’s philosophy. The transformation
  of the ideas of Spinozism in an atheistic key covered such aspects of the philosophy
  of the Dutch thinker: the original interpretation of the essence of God, the reasons for the appearance
  of ancient sacred texts, and the argumentation and evidence of the conventionality
  and symbolism of religious cults. Religion creates that minimum of moral culture, without
  which neither individuals nor society can do; a “true religion” is human wisdom, its main
  representative was Christ, whom the philosopher considered as a real historical person. Based
  on these views, Soviet philosophy presents two complementary approaches to understanding
  Spinoza’s judgments about religion and God: 1) the philosopher’s ideas move towards pantheism
  and atheism (V. Sokolov, I. Konnikov); 2) the philosopher is considered a materialist atheist
  (A. Deborin). The radicalism of the second approach was eventually overcome by V. Asmus,
  M. Belenky, E. Ilienkov, and I. Narsky, who proved that Spinoza, in trying to present his
  doctrine in the form of an undoubted, absolute truth, quite deliberately used the theological
  terminology prevailing in his time in as a kind of tool for introducing new ideas and concepts
  into the consciousness of contemporaries.
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metadata.value: en
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 38; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: B. Spinoza
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: atheism
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: God
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: substance
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: materialism
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: pantheism
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: idealism
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: religion
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metadata.value: Spinoza’s doctrine on god and religion in the light of Soviet philosophical thought
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metadata.value: Article
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