spinozism, n.Definitions

Spinozism (n.) naively ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠ties happiness to knowledge — a will to optimism that betrays the deeply suffering man.

Spinozism (n.) made ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the Stoics look like Spinozists before Spinoza — so once Spinoza was branded an atheist, the Stoics were branded with him.

Spinozism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠all that remains if space and time are not ideal: we become not substances but accidents of God, and our actions his actions done somewhere and sometime — absurd, yet more consistent than the creation theory.

Spinozism (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠mocked by Bayle: on its terms, 'the Germans killed ten thousand Turks' should be said as 'God, modified in the Germans, killed God modified in ten thousand Turks'.