To see the presence of spinoza, louis althusser once quipped, one must at least have heard of him. What are the basic constituents of reality, and how do other less basic things depend on them. Also included are selections from other works by spinoza, chosen by curley to make the ethics easier to understand, and a substantial introduction that gives an overview of. Seligman, author of flourish irvin yaloms the spinoza problem is an amazing novel that combines fact and fiction in a spellbinding manner. A selection of philosophy texts by philosophers of the early modern period, prepared with a view to making them easier to read while leaving intact the main arguments, doctrines, and lines of thought. A renewed interest in spinoza is blossoming internationally. It is a strong collection of essays that are individually thoughtprovoking and collectively coherent, giving the widest possible overview of the interesting work being done on spinoza today. All our modern philosophers, though often perhaps unconsciously, see through the glasses which baruch spinoza ground. Johannes colerus writes the sister of the deceased, rebecca despinosa, reported herself as.
Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Most readers of spinoza treat him as a pure metaphysician, a grim determinist, or a stoic moralist, but none of these descriptions captures the author of the ethics, argues steven b. Duff uit 1903, waarvan ik me niet herinner er eerder over te hebben gehoord. Also included are selections from other works by spinoza, chosen by curley to make the ethics easier to understand, and a substantial introduction that gives an overview of spinozas life and the main. In calling something cause of itself i mean that its essence involves existence, i. The book displays a panoramic picture of spinoza scholarship. Popular spinoza books showing 150 of 186 ethics paperback by. Buy a cheap copy of a spinoza reader book by baruch spinoza. Baruch spinoza has 178 books on goodreads with 118128 ratings. Duffs boek over spinozas politieke en ethische filosofie 1 ergens n. The second and final volume of the most authoritative englishlanguage edition of spinoza s writings. It was written between 1661 and 1675 1 and was first published posthumously in 1677. Ethics part 1 to 5 theologicopolitical treatise part 1 to 4 improvement of the understanding the philosophy of spinoza.
Books by baruch spinoza baruch spinoza average rating 4. Spinoza s thought, it is not merely because there are sign of unity in his work, but further because his critics have found such an amazing diversity there. Practical philosophy by gilles deleuze, looking for spinoza. Also included are selections from other works by spinoza, chosen by curley to make the ethics easier to understand, and a substantial introduction that gives an overview of spinoza s life and the main themes of his philosophy. Heine the multitudes, ever prone to superstition, and caring more for the shreds of antiquity than for eternal truths, pays homage to the books of the bible, rather than to the word of god. This type of passive mind that spinoza writes about in the earlier books of the ethics is a state of.
It is difficult to separate the two, since the history of thought is history and, although it be a question of the philosophy of spinoza, the. The collected works of spinoza provides, for the first time in english, a truly satisfactory edition of all of spinozas writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the originallanguage texts, done by a scholar who has published. Baruch spinoza 16321677 was a dutch philosopher of sephardic, portuguese jewish origin. Texts include the writings of hume, descartes, bacon, berkeley, newton, locke, mill, edwards, kant, leibniz, malebranche, spinoza, hobbes, and reid. Little is known about the psyche of either baruch spinoza or alfred rosenberg, yet using his extraordinary ability to peer into the minds of his. The second and final volume of the most authoritative englishlanguage edition of spinozas writings. Baruch spinoza shelved 24 times as spinoza avg rating 4. When it appeared in 1670, baruch spinozas theologicalpolitical treatise was denounced as the most dangerous book ever publishedgodless, full of. Historical research is shedding light on spinozas circles and the connection between the politicalreligious conflicts in the dutch republic and his role as the philosopher of modernity. Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata, usually known as the ethics, is a philosophical treatise written in latin by baruch spinoza. The new spinoza articulates that presence, making the influence and significance of spinoza perfectly clear for a new generation of philosophy.
Ethics, demonstrated in geometrical order usually known as the ethics, is a philosophical treatise written in latin by baruch spinoza. Maxime rovere, le clan spinoza, flammarion much has been said about spinoza and the life he led especially when it comes to. The idea of god in spinozas philosophy a study about its definition, influences and impact based on the first part of ethics. It was written between 1661 and 1675 and was first published posthumously in 1677 the book is perhaps the most ambitious attempt to apply the method of euclid in philosophy. Offering a new reading of spinoza s masterpiece, smith asserts that the ethics is a celebration of human freedom and its attendant joys and responsibilities and should be placed. Spinoza uses the methods of euclid to describe a single entity, properly called both god and nature, of which mind and matter are two manifestations. Spinozas thought, it is not merely because there are sign of unity in his work, but further because his critics have found such an amazing diversity there. The reader is presented with a living debate engaged by firstrate scholars, who come to grips with the ideas of a philosopher seen as one of the few founders of the modern mind. The twentyfive articles collected for this anthology display a wide range of interpretations to central themes in spinozas philosophy. The ethical significance of substancegod difference in.
Among philosophers, spinoza is best known for his ethics, a monumental work that presents an ethical vision. Great books of the western world is a series of books originally published in the united states in 1952, by encyclop. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Spinoza now is an important addition to a new strand of literature on philosopher baruch spinoza. The collected works of spinoza provides, for the first time in english, a truly satisfactory edition of all of spinoza s writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the originallanguage texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the. So, also, a thought is limited by another thought, but a body is not limited by thought, nor a thought by body. Baruch spinoza was a dutch philosopher of sephardiportuguese origin. Whereas studies of spinoza in english have emphasized the logic of the ethics, these essays instead focus on the marginal and developmental moments that have had such a profound effect on french thought.
This proposition is supported by the argument, that two. The omission is doubly strange considering that he typically gets bland and solemn respecthe was either an unparalleled genius, or a buffoon, but its hard for me to see something in between. A thing is called finite after its kind, when it can be limited by another thing of the same nature. Very good with gently bumped edges and subtly soiled extremities. No doubt it will be difficult for those who think about things loosely, and have not been accustomed to know them by their primary causes, to comprehend the demonstration of prop. A partire da lidea di sostanza, che egli definisce in modo che non vi puo essere, ma uno, egli deduce geometrici in tutte le forme di moda di essere nelluniverso da questa. The essays collected in this volume suggest that what applies to althusser applies to his whole generation that spinoza is an unsuspected but very real presence in the work of contemporary philosophers from deleuze and lacan to foucault and derrida. In some translations, the scholia are referred to as notes. Spinozas ethics is a wideranging treatise that touches on almost every major area of philosophy.
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