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From the Labour of Baruch d'Espinoza 1632-1677
From the Labour of Baruch d'Espinoza 1632-1677
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FROM THE LABOUR OF BARUCH D'ESPINOZA 1632-1677

Uit het werk van Baruch d’Espinoza 1632-1677

Directed by Frans van de Staak
Netherlands, 1973
Avant-Garde, Short

Synopsis

From Spinoza’s Ethica 82 sentences were selected. They were read by 22 actors as dialogues ‘tout court’, and not as a collection of opinions. Spinoza’s style of philosophical thinking is presented as an activity in the real world, revealed by each individual actor in their own way.

Synopsis

From Spinoza’s Ethica 82 sentences were selected. They were read by 22 actors as dialogues ‘tout court’, and not as a collection of opinions. Spinoza’s style of philosophical thinking is presented as an activity in the real world, revealed by each individual actor in their own way.