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De Spinoza van Harold Foster Hallett

Af en toe kom je dit plaatje van Spinoza tegen. Het is een tekening van prof. Harold Foster Hallett (1886-1966). Van 1931 - 1951 was hij hoogleraar in filosofie aan het King's College in London; tevens was hij een tijdlang Brits secretaris van de Societas Spinozana.

Deze afbeelding van Spinoza is daarom zo aardig daar er verschillende facetten van Spinoza in worden samengebracht: zijn bestudering van boeken, zijn lenzenslijperij (dit vergrootglas is tamelijk groot, maar hij was vooral bekend om z'n sterk vergrotende kleine lenzen), én de afbeelding van de Napolitaanse verzetsstrijder Masaniello aan de muur! [afbeelding o.a. hier te vinden]

Over Harold Foster Hallet
was born in 1886, and was an engineering pupil at the work and shipyard of Messrs Young and Co at Poplar from 1904 to 1908, during which time he gained a BSc in Engineering from the University of London. In 1912 he gained an MA in Mental Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh, and went on to become a Lecturer in Logic, and Assistant in Logic and Metaphysics (1912-1916) and an Assistant in Moral Philosophy, 1915-1916. In 1919 Hallett was appointed Assistant Lecturer, 1919-1922, and Lecturer, 1922-1931, in Philosophy at the University of Leeds. He became Professor of Philosophy at King's College London from 1931 to 1951. Hallett was also the British Secretary of the Societas Spinoza, 1929-1935, Chairman of the Board of Philosophical Studies at the University of London, 1935-1945, and the author of numerous books and articles on philosophy. [van hier]

Hij schreef o.a.
Hallett, H.F., Creation, Emanation and Salvation. A Spinozistic study
Hallett, H.F., Benedict de Spinoza: The Elements of his Philosophy, London, University of London, Athlone Press, 1957, xvi, 171 p.

Zie hier een heel korte en strenge review van H. F. Hallett: The Philosophy of Spinoza and Brunner by Walter Bernard. In: Philosophy [published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal Institute of Philosophy], Vol. 11, No. 41 (Jan., 1936), p. 108. 

Stan Verdult | 24-08-2008 | 19:40 |