Key to True Knowledge. Philosophy of Education and Contribution of Thought Studies of B. Spinoza

Abstract

Key to True Knowledge. Philosophy of Education and Contribution of Thought Studies of B. Spinoza. – The paper is exploring the key to unlock the truth that each of us clutching in his hand. Author examines three different Spinoza’s kinds of knowledge. He begins with inadequate perception, which he calls knowledge of the first kind. When we reach what Spinoza calls the second kind of knowledge, reason (ratio), we have ascended from an inadequate to an adequate perception of things. Finally, Spinoza’s third type, which he regards as superior, he calls intuitive knowledge (scientia intuitiva).