Equality and Power: Spinoza’s Reformulation of the Aristotelian Tradition of Egalitarianism

In Dimitris Vardoulakis & Kiarina Kordela, Spinoza’s Authority Volume I: Resistance and Power in Ethics. pp. 11-31 (2018)
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Abstract

Vardoulakis argues that the concept of equality is determined by the distinction between three different types of equality in Aristotle. He then shows how Spinoza overcomes the Aristotelian conception by determining equality through a notion of differential power.

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Bibliography.Dimitris Vardoulakis - 2025 - In The Agonistic Condition: Materialism and Democracy. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. pp. 292-308.

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