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Hegel claimed that ‘one must first be a Spinozist’ in order to engage in philosophy (cited in Beiser 1993, 4). Spinoza’s work is central to my argument, as it provides insights into the totalising concept of substance that subsequently shaped Hegel’s and Marx’s thought. Equally importantly, it is through Spinoza’s work that the debate about human nature shifts from the concept of substance to that of essence — the term Marx used to consider human nature. Spinoza’s influence, however, is not immediately obvious.
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Fox, J.G. (2015). Spinoza’s Revolution. In: Marx, the Body, and Human Nature. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137507983_3
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