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2003

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Philosophy

Yeshiva University, Cardozo School of Law

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Spinoza's Dialectic And The Paradoxes Of Tolerance: A Foundation For Pluralism, Michel Rosenfeld Jan 2003

Spinoza's Dialectic And The Paradoxes Of Tolerance: A Foundation For Pluralism, Michel Rosenfeld

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Tolerance and pluralism seem to draw on the same criterion of legitimacy. The liberal case for tolerance, however, leads to a series of paradoxes, including Popper's paradox of tolerance according to which tolerating theintolerant is self-defeating. Spinoza's defense of tolerance as it emergesfrom his Theological-Political Treatise and his Ethics is more pervasive and much more encompasssing than the liberal justification. Spinoza justifies tolerance as a private and public virtue as well as on prudential grounds. Although Spinoza's conception of tolerance appears in significant respects paradoxical and contradictory - e.g., it is puzzling why Spinoza, the philosopher of reason, should avocate …


Nietzsche And Aretaic Legal Theory, Kyron Huigens Jan 2003

Nietzsche And Aretaic Legal Theory, Kyron Huigens

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Spinoza's Identity And Philosophy: Jewish Or Otherwise?, Suzanne Last Stone Jan 2003

Spinoza's Identity And Philosophy: Jewish Or Otherwise?, Suzanne Last Stone

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Was Spinoza A Jewish Philosopher, J. David Bleich Jan 2003

Was Spinoza A Jewish Philosopher, J. David Bleich

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Paul, Pomo, And The Legitimacy Of Choice Post 9/11: A Brief Comment On Three Papers, Richard H. Weisberg Jan 2003

Paul, Pomo, And The Legitimacy Of Choice Post 9/11: A Brief Comment On Three Papers, Richard H. Weisberg

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Can Lawyers Be Cured?: Eternal Recurrence And The Lacanian Death Drive, Jeanne L. Schroeder Jan 2003

Can Lawyers Be Cured?: Eternal Recurrence And The Lacanian Death Drive, Jeanne L. Schroeder

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Nietzsche And The Nazis: The Impact Of National Socialism On The Philosophy Of Nietzsche, Charles M. Yablon Jan 2003

Nietzsche And The Nazis: The Impact Of National Socialism On The Philosophy Of Nietzsche, Charles M. Yablon

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The Appearance Of Right And The Essence Of Wrong: Metaphor And Metonymy In Law, Jeanne L. Schroeder, David G. Carlson Jan 2003

The Appearance Of Right And The Essence Of Wrong: Metaphor And Metonymy In Law, Jeanne L. Schroeder, David G. Carlson

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