THE 'TRUE RELIGION' AND THE PHILOSOPHICAL GOD OF SPINOZA

Spinoza's notion of,God. is examined in the article through prisms of: (i) criticism of religious consciousness in,Theological-Political Treatise., (ii) theory of affects developed in,Ethics., and (iii) Spinoza's comments on language. Philosophy and religion are completely different in their foundations and goals. Spinoza argued therefore, there can be nothing in common between the religious and philosophical concepts of God except the word,God.. Behind this religious name, Spinoza has a logical-mathematical concept of infinity, which serves as the,most perfect method. of knowing the nature of things. The article examines the purpose for which Spinoza used the word,God. along with the philosophical terms,substance. and,Nature,. and how his philosophical God differs from the gods of religions. The authors show that Spinoza's language strategy gave rise to discrepancies and made it difficult to understand the text, but it helped transform Spinozism into the mainstream of Modernity.