Introduction

Welcome everyone. Necessarily Eternal is both a catalog of recent scholarly works on Spinoza and a blog meant for articles and all other Spinoza-related things; though every once in a while I might post something completely unrelated.

My hope is that not only will this site be helpful to scholars and philosophers who happen to be doing research on Spinoza, but it will also serve as a medium of online discussions on Spinozistic philosophy, and maybe even on some early modern and medieval philosophy as well.

In addition to that, I fancy that this site would fare much better with the participation of scholars and philosophers in the academic community, especially since my inquiry into philosophy (Spinozistic or otherwise) is - my passion nothwithstanding - completely amateurish. As such, I encourage those professionals who have something to say or discuss about Spinoza, early modern philosophy, or even medieval philosophy - but do not quite possess a ready medium to do so - to consider to have their piece posted here at Necessarily Eternal. I will also gladly post any philosophy-related announcement.

Articles and book reviews published between 2001 and 2005 can be found on the site's top left column, immediately below the picture of Spinoza. The lists will be constantly updated as more materials are discovered. I am holding back the ones from 2006, pending possible changes in posting format based on suggestions and comments from the readers. I shall try not to wait too long before they will be posted; and once they are, those from 2007 will immediately follow as soon as I become aware of their existence. I will be very grateful for any help with the notification about newly published materials, or about older materials that can be added to the existing posts. Currently, there is no plan on listing systematically the materials from pre-2001, although I have not ruled out its possibility in the future.

People under the Spinoza Scholars section on the site's top right column are those who list Spinoza as their area of specialty, or those who are well-known in the area. This section should grow accordingly as no doubt the list is far from complete.

All comments, critiques, and suggestions will be very much welcomed. My email is perigord at ufl dot edu.

Comments

[Frank Dixon]

Is this site still being maintained?

[Filip Buyse]

Dear Sir,
I organise an international confrence on "Galileo and Spinoza". Would you mind posting the program on your site ?
Thank you in advance !
Kind regards
Filip Buyse (Université Paris 1)

International Conference "Galileo and Spinoza"

December 11-12, 2009

CENTRE DE RECHERCHE SUR L'HISTOIRE DES
SYSTÈMES DE PENSÉE MODERNES (CHSPM)
Université Paris 1 - Sorbonne; 17, Rue de la Sorbonne, Paris, France.

Friday December 11

9:00 – 9:30 : Introduction (F. Buyse , organiser, Université Paris 1 - Sorbonne)
9:30 – 10:30 : Spinoza's Library: its Mathematical and Scientific Books.
(Henri Krop, University of Rotterdam)
10:30 – 10:45: Break
10:45 – 11:45 : Joseph Solomon Delmedigo: Student of Galileo and Teacher of Spinoza
(Jacob Adler, University of Arkansas)
11:45 – 12:45 : Science, Demonstration and the Art of Hermeneutics in Spinoza and Galileo. (Tamar Rudavsky, Ohio State University)
12:45 – 14:15 : Break
14:15 – 15:15 : Galileo and Spinoza: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives .
(Franco Biasutti, University of Padua)
15:15 – 15:30: Break
15:30 – 16:30 : Spinoza critique Galilée, ou le concordisme en question.
(Pietro Redondi, Università di Milano-Bicocca )
16:30 – 17:30: Natura naturans and Natura naturata in Spinoza.
(Herman De Dijn, Harvard University + Prof. Em. of the KU Leuven)
17:30 – 18:00 : Discussion and questions (Theo Verbeek, The Utrecht University)

Saturday December 12

9:00 -9:15 : Introduction (F. Buyse, organiser, Université Paris 1 - Sorbonne)
9:15 – 10:45 : Mechanics versus mechanism: Galileo, Spinoza, and Newton.
(Stephen Gaukroger, University of Sydney)
10:45 – 11:00 : Break
11:00 – 12:00 : Boyle, Spinoza and Galileo: Is Spinoza a strict Mechanical Philosopher ? (Filip Buyse, Université de Paris 1-Sorbonne)
12:00 – 13:30 : Break
13:30 – 14:30: L'infini chez Spinoza et Galilée.
(Epameinondas Vampoulis, University of Patras)
14:30 – 15:30: TBA (Fabien Chareix , Université Paris IV- Sorbonne)
15:30 – 15:45: Break
15:45 – 16:45: Spinoza and optics.
(Graham Burnett, Princeton + Kevin Von Duuglas Ittu + James A. Schulz)
16:45– 17:45 : Discussion and questions (Theo Verbeek, The Utrecht University)
17:45 – 18:00: Conclusion (Filip Buyse)

Contact: Filip Buyse, Université de Paris 1- Sorbonne ( filip.buyse1@telenet.be)

[Dick DeShaw]

My website is 'Spinoza on Science and Stress' For nearly 3 years I have been writing and posting on aspects of Spinoza as they relate to various contemporary concerns as well as new discoveries in his works themselves. Yesterday's short paper was: 'Has Philosophy Ignored Spinoza's Theory of Science?' Just afterwards, I found this excellent site for the first time. I should like my website to be included in your listing and to be part of all this good work. Dick DeShaw