The meaning of sui iuris in Spinoza’s philosophy

Authors

  • André dos Santos Campos Universidade de Lisboa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9012.espinosa.2010.89386

Keywords:

Spinoza, sui-iuris, Autonomy, Liberty, Liberation.

Abstract

In modern political philosophy, it is common usage to designate as sui iuris a sort of personal freedom not subjected to external influences amidst a still emerging language of natural rights. Sui iuris is then a sovereign space of individual autonomy under the expression of a right. Spinoza also refers to sui iuris quite often, but mostly in his Political Treatise, through the pair sui iuris – alterius iuris, which is usually translated as a pair of autonomy-heteronomy. This paper will try to demonstrate that the sui iuris in Spinoza goes through a radical transformation: not only is it not totally incompatible with alterius iuris (both are a sort of gradual progression of liberty), but it also has an epistemological dimension close to a context of personal salvation. Sui iuris is more a liberation than a liberty

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Author Biography

  • André dos Santos Campos, Universidade de Lisboa
    Doutor em Filosofia; Investigador do Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa

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Published

2010-04-15

Issue

No. 22 (2010)

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How to Cite

Campos, A. dos S. (2010). The meaning of sui iuris in Spinoza’s philosophy. Cadernos Espinosanos, 22, 55-82. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9012.espinosa.2010.89386