The Miracle in Spinoza's Philosophy "A Critical Analytical Study"

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Lecturer in the Department of Faith and Philosophy Faculty of Fundamentals of Religion and Islamic Call in Tanta

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This study deals with the miracle in Spinoza's philosophy, with the aim of revealing the reasons for his rejection of the miracle, determining the principles from which he based his objections to it, responding to these objections, and criticizing the principles.
The researcher began this study by defining the meaning of the miracle according to Spinoza, indicating that it means merely an act that transcends the limits of human understanding that has a natural cause, indicating that it follows from this meaning that Spinoza denies the possibility of miracles or their occurrence.
Then the researcher moved to talk about the scientific and philosophical principles on which Spinoza established his objections to the miracle, so he talked about the principle of determinism and how this principle formed a major starting point in Spinoza's objections to the miracle, then he talked about the idea of ​​unification between God and nature and how it represented a basic starting point for rejecting miracles.
Then the researcher moved to talk about Spinoza's interpretation of some miracles in the Bible, and his method of studying miracles, in light of his rejection of their possibility or occurrence.
Then the researcher responded to Espinoza's objections to the miracle, and criticized the principle of determinism based on modern scientific theories that proved the inconsistency of this law in all the phenomena of nature. Then the researcher gave a detailed response to all of Espinoza's objections to the miracle, indicating that all of them were corrupt, and that they could not be accepted.
Then the researcher concluded this study with a presentation of the most important results he reached in his study.

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