Una apreciación de la Ética de Spinoza en torno a la libertad como libertad humana

• Autor: Limo Durand, María Fernanda
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: PUCP-Institucional
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.pucp.edu.pe:20.500.14657/196461
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/estudiosdefilosofia/article/view/27910/25907; https://doi.org/10.18800/estudiosdefilosofia.202301.004
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Ethics; Emotions; Freedom; Conatus; Spinoza; Ética; Emociones; Libertad; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#6.03.01

This article seeks to highlight the relevance of Spinoza’s philosophy with respect to the realization of freedom. His idea of freedom does not deny or reject emotions, and links them to our ability to be rational beings. Spinoza is one of the first philosophers to appreciate an internal dimension of emotions and consider it as part of our own nature, since he affirmed that the human essence is desire itself. The human being is aware of this desire, which drives him to seek ways to affirm his own existence. His notion of freedom must, therefore, consider all these elements to be reflected as something achievable without neglecting what makes us human.