Click here for more information the only complete edition in english of baruch spinozas works, this volume features samuel shirleys preeminent translations, distinguished at once by the lucidity and fluency with which they convey the flavor and meaning of spinozas original texts. This is possible, though the human mind is part of the divine intellect, as i have shown in ii. Although the reception of phenomenology gave rise to many innovative developments in french philosophy, from existentialism to deconstruction, not everyone in france was pleased with this german import. The spinoza problem, by irvin yalom the washington post. Spinoza s philosophy is largely contained in two books.
However, the emphasis is on the moral rather than the metaphysical implications of the work. Het leven van spinoza 16321677 koninklijke bibliotheek. Baruch spinoza or benedict espinoza or bento spinoza november 24, 1632 february 21, 1677 was a jewish philosopher and one of the first jewish secularists. Spinozasethics spinozas ethics is one of the most remarkable, important, and difficult books in the history of philosophy. His work remains as resonant and provocative today as it was when it first appeared. It presents, in spinoza s famous geometric method, his radical views on god, nature, the human being, and happiness. Spinoza biography by margaret gullanwhur spinozaauthor. Professor smiths book is a good general introduction to spinozas great work of metaphysics, ethics demonstrated in a geometrical order. Leibniz fruhe faszination durch spinozas tractatus theologicopoliticus. Spinoza s ethics is one of the most remarkable, important, and difficult books in the history of philosophy. Feb 01, 2003 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. This was the first complete biography of spinoza in any language and is based on detailed archival research. Ive read this book i want to read this book the 76th greatest nonfiction book of all time. Something with a certain property is a substance if that property can be conceived by the intellect.
Uncorrected paperswallace matson 4 excellent essays on spinoza start there. Spinozas ethics is one of the most remarkable, important, and difficult books in the history of philosophy. Help us create the kind of literary community youve always dreamed of. The twentyfive articles collected for this anthology display a wide range of interpretations to central themes in spinozas philosophy. Perfect for course use, the spinoza reader is a practical tool with which to approach one of the worlds 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. Spinoza biography by margaret gullanwhur spinozaauthors blog. Spinoza now is an important addition to a new strand of literature on philosopher baruch spinoza. If by freedom of speech you mean to study the views of spinoza, he wrote, anyone can do so, as his books are freely available. The book displays a panoramic picture of spinoza scholarship. Spinoza was born to a marano family in amsterdam holland. Ethics spinozapart 3 wikisource, the free online library.
It presents, in spinozas famous geometric method, his radical. Baruch spinoza has 178 books on goodreads with 118128 ratings. Baruch spinoza 16321677 was one of the most important philosophers of all time. The spinoza problem, by irvin yalom washington post. In the event things got worse, and spinoza gave up the idea of publishing the ethics, believing that it would create such a cloud of hostility as to obscure, in the minds even of reasonable people, the real meaning of its arguments. Tractatus theologico politicus, tractatus theologico. The other is published by an outfit called classic books international, and is just the bare text in a very unappealing typeface that has all the looks of a copyandpaste job, with the pasting done crooked onto the page most of the time. There are editions of spinoza available for half the price of this classic books effort. The spinoza problem is a ringing endorsement for an authentically philosophical life, wherein a toweringly heroic philosopher is persecuted in two eras. The former was published during his lifetime, but the latter, which contains the entirety of his philosophical system in its most rigorous form, was not published until after his death in 1677.
At length i pass to the remaining portion of my ethics, which is concerned with the way leading to freedom. Although the reception of phenomenology gave rise to many innovative developments in french philosophy, from. Improvement of the understanding, ethics and correspondence. 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.
As for the issue of public relations and sending a strong, global message about religion and freedom of speech, rabbi toledano offered a dissenting view. Ethics spinozapart 5 wikisource, the free online library. He appreciates the possibility of either deliberate intuition or unconscious biasing of decisionmaking though affecting the generation of options, reasoning strategies, and the decision itself. The twentyfive articles collected for this anthology display a wide range of interpretations to central themes in spinoza s philosophy. May 25, 2014 as for the issue of public relations and sending a strong, global message about religion and freedom of speech, rabbi toledano offered a dissenting view. Although it was published posthumously in 1677, it is his most famous work, and is considered his magnum opus. It is a strong collection of essays that are individually thoughtprovoking and collectively coherent, giving the widest possible overview of the interesting. Spinoza is the most systematic and reasoned thinker of the rationalists. The novel is a masterpiece, depicting the ultimate triumph of clear and compassionate reason over religious dogma and political pathology alike. Spinoza contra phenomenology fundamentally recasts the history of postwar french thought, typically presumed to have been driven by a critique of reason indebted to nietzsche and heidegger.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The breadth and importance of spinoza s work was not fully realized until many years after his death. 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. It presents, in spinozas famous geometric method, his radical views on god, nature, the human being, and happiness. Spinozas theologicopolitical treatise edited by martin yaffe focus, 480 pp.
Zijn boeken waren tweehonderd jaar lang verboden in europa, omdat zijn historische bijbelkritiek zou leiden tot atheisme en fatalisme. I shall therefore treat therein of the power of the reason, showing how far the reason can control the emotions, and what is the nature of mental freedom or blessedness. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. In betraying spinoza, rebecca newberger goldstein sets out to rediscover the fleshandblood man often buried beneath the veneer of rigorous rationality and to provide a comprehensive cultural and religious context for the formation of his ideas. Seligman, author of flourish the spinoza problem is a ringing endorsement for an authentically philosophical life, wherein a toweringly heroic philosopher is persecuted in two eras.
Mededelingen vanwege het spinozahuis 80 by goldenbaum, ursula and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The splendidly researched biography by margaret gullanwhur presents a very different picture and is a very different kind of book. Buy a cheap copy of a spinoza reader book by baruch spinoza. It is more in the genre of psychobiography, attempting to plumb the depths of spinozas character and claiming that he was far from the saintly but emotionally cool person of tradition. 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 new spinoza articulates that presence, making the influence and significance of spinoza perfectly clear for a new generation of philosophy. His ethics is a huge set of definitions, axioms, propositions, proofs, and corollaries in a bizarre format called the geometrical style, loosely based on the very rigid and sequential nature of mathematical proofs.
Among the innumerable treasures the nazis stole from europe during world war ii was a collection of books displayed at the spinoza museum in. The noblest and most lovable of the great philosophers. Spinozas philosophy is largely contained in two books. I say that we act when anything takes place, either within us or externally to us, whereof we are the adequate cause. 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.
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