L'Imitation d'Autrui Et l'Invention de Soi : Le Concept d'Ingenium Chez Spinoza

Résumé

According to Spinoza, a human being is endowed with a unique temperament, which he calls ingenium. As a people, as well, we have a common temperament. Spinoza shows that the identity of a human being or a people oscillates between the imitation of others and the invention of oneself or a "we".