Spinoza Course
Enhance your knowledge of Spinoza’s Ethics, the concept of God or Nature, and human freedom in this course. It equips humanities educators with straightforward tools, texts, and classroom techniques to confidently teach on necessity, emotions, and moral agency, making complex ideas accessible and engaging for students.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
This focused Spinoza Course provides a straightforward introduction to Ethics, emphasising necessity, freedom, and human agency. Learners will grasp essential ideas like substance, attributes, modes, conatus, and affects, while exploring Deus sive Natura and its differences from traditional theistic perspectives. Included are practical teaching resources, exercises, and evaluation methods to facilitate precise and assured study or instruction of Spinoza.
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Develop skills
- Deliver clear lessons on Spinoza’s Ethics through guided close readings and key arguments.
- Distinguish Deus sive Natura from traditional theism in classroom discussions.
- Illustrate freedom as comprehending necessity with practical, relatable examples.
- Examine Spinoza’s theory of affects and conatus to deepen explorations of moral psychology.
- Create compelling activities, discussion prompts, and assessment rubrics for Spinoza studies.
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