Spinoza's Critiques of Anthropomorphism in the Concept of God

Spinoza builds his eudaimonology upon a non-anthropomorphic image of God and, therefore, by diagnosing the causes of anthropomorphic tendencies in the domain of theology, and particularly in the doctrine of God, he critiques such a God. The present article, employing the method of conceptual constellation, seeks to expound Spinoza's critiques of the anthropomorphism of God. In this way, it identifies the primary and derivative concepts that Spinoza raises around this issue, in order to arrive at a constellation of interrelated concepts and to systematize the discussions connected with them. This article shows that Spinoza fundamentally considers the root of anthropomorphism to lie in the deficiency of human knowledge. By critiquing the two primary concepts of