Spinoza Course
This course enhances comprehension of Spinoza's Ethics, portraying God as Nature and human freedom. Designed for humanities educators, it equips users with precise tools, texts, and classroom strategies to confidently teach concepts of necessity, emotions, and moral agency in engaging ways.

4 to 360h flexible workload
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What will I learn?
This intensive course on Spinoza's Ethics provides a structured introduction to core ideas like necessity, freedom, and human agency. Participants will explore substance, attributes, modes, conatus, affects, and Deus sive Natura, contrasting it with traditional theism. It includes practical teaching materials, activities, and assessments for effective study or instruction.
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Develop skills
- Teach Spinoza’s Ethics effectively by leading close readings of key arguments.
- Explain Deus sive Natura and differentiate it from classical theistic perspectives.
- Illustrate freedom through understanding necessity with practical classroom examples.
- Examine affects and conatus to deepen discussions on moral psychology.
- Create compelling activities, discussion prompts, and assessment rubrics for Spinoza studies.
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