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Spinoza Reader : The Ethics and Other Works by Benedictus de Spinoza (1994, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPrinceton University Press
ISBN-100691000670
ISBN-139780691000671
eBay Product ID (ePID)768631
Product Key Features
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSpinoza Reader : the Ethics and Other Works
SubjectHistory & Surveys / General, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, General
Publication Year1994
TypeTextbook
AuthorBenedictus De Spinoza
Subject AreaPhilosophy
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN93-001628
Dewey Edition20
TitleLeadingA
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal199.492
Table Of ContentIntroduction I Spinoza's Life and Philosophy II Bibliographical Note III Abbreviations and Other Conventions Preliminaries I A Portrait of the Philosopher as a Young Man 3 II A Critique of Traditional Religion 6 III Fragments of a Theory of Scientific Method 48 IV From a Non-Geometric Draft of the Ethics 55 V An Early Attempt at Geometrizing Philosophy 66 VI Two Criticisms of Descartes 71 VII The Study Group has Questions about Definitions 77 VIII The Worm in the Blood 82 The Ethics I Of God 85 II Of the Nature and Origin of the Mind 115 III Of the Origin and Nature of the Affects 152 IV Of Human Bondage, or the Powers of the Affects 197 V Of the Power of the Intellect, or on Human Freedom 244 Objections and Replies I Tschirnhaus on Freedom 266 II Freedom and Necessity 267 III Tschirnhaus on Problems about the Attributes and Infinite Modes 269 IV On Knowledge of Other Attributes and Examples of Infinite Modes 270 V Tschirnhaus on Knowledge of Other Attributes 272 VI Each Thing Is Expressed by Many Minds 272 VII Tschirnhaus Presses His Objection 273 VIII Spinoza Replies Again 273 IX Tschirnhaus on Deducing the Existence of Bodies 274 X On the Uselessness of Descartes' Principles of Natural Things 274 XI Tschirnhaus Presses the Objection 274 XII Spinoza's Last Reply 275 Index 277
SynopsisThis anthology of the work of Baruch de Spinoza (1632-1677) presents the text of Spinoza's masterwork, the "Ethics", in what is now the standard translation by Edwin Curley. 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. Perfect for course use, the "Spinoza Reader" is a practical tool with which to approach one of the world's greatest but most difficult thinkers, a passionate seeker of the truth who has been viewed by some as an atheist and by others as a religious mystic. The anthology begins with the opening section of the "Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect", which has always moved readers by its description of the young Spinoza's spiritual quest, his dissatisfaction with the things people ordinarily strive for - wealth, honour, and sensual pleasure - and his hope that the pursuit of knowledge would lead him to discover the true good.The emphasis throughout these selections is on metaphysical, epistemological, and religious issues - the existence and nature of God, his relation to the world, An anthology of the work of Baruch de Spinoza which presents the text of Spinoza's masterwork, the "Ethics". It also includes selections from other works by Spinoza, and an introduction that gives an overview of Spinoza's life and the main themes of his philosophy., This anthology of the work of Baruch de Spinoza (1632-1677) presents the text of Spinoza's masterwork, the Ethics , in what is now the standard translation by Edwin Curley. 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. Perfect for course use, the Spinoza Reader is a practical tool with which to approach one of the world's greatest but most difficult thinkers, a passionate seeker of the truth who has been viewed by some as an atheist and by others as a religious mystic. The anthology begins with the opening section of the Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect , which has always moved readers by its description of the young Spinoza's spiritual quest, his dissatisfaction with the things people ordinarily strive for--wealth, honor, and sensual pleasure--and his hope that the pursuit of knowledge would lead him to discover the true good. The emphasis throughout these selections is on metaphysical, epistemological, and religious issues: the existence and nature of God, his relation to the world, the nature of the human mind and its relation to the body, and the theory of demonstration, axioms, and definitions. For each of these topics, the editor supplements the rigorous discussions in the Ethics with informal treatments from Spinoza's other works.
LC Classification NumberB3958.C87 1994
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