There seem to be few philosophical problems of any importance that do not find. Spinozas ethics is a wideranging treatise that touches on almost every major area of philosophy. Deleuzes reconstruction of spinozas system as a logic of expres. Spinoza s intellectual power, which emerged shortly after 1656 in his treatise on the emendation of the intellect, must have had a long incubation. Designed to facilitate a thoughtful and informed reading of spinoza s ethics, this anthology provides the ethics, related writings, and two valuable appendices. Baruch spinoza shelved 24 times as spinoza avg rating 4. Baruch spinoza has 178 books on goodreads with 118128 ratings. Uncorrected paperswallace matson 4 excellent essays on spinoza start there. Among philosophers, spinoza is best known for his ethics, a monumental work that.
Spinoza wrote numerous philosophical, political, and religious criticism works. Yet, for many philosophers and political theorists today, one must choose between hegel or spinoza. Spinozas ethics is a remarkable work in two regards. This proposition is supported by the argument, that two.
In calling something cause of itself i mean that its essence involves existence, i. Books by baruch spinoza baruch spinoza average rating 4. 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. In accordance with the wishes of his father he studied theology, but soon showed a decided preference for free philosophical speculation. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
Introduction to many readers, the most striking feature of spinozas ethics is its geometric order. And having finished it, consider that you have but begun to understand it. The ethical significance of substancegod difference in. Reflections on the nature of nature, co written with. 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. Pantheism is the belief that reality is identical with divinity, or that allthings compose an.
Popular spinoza books showing 150 of 186 ethics paperback by. Spinoza s life and works 17 the violence of human emotional reactions and the lifethreatening danger of human greed, ambition, and bigotry. Christianity, judaism, islam as a mere reflection of human imagination. The twentyfive articles collected for this anthology display a wide range of interpretations to central themes in spinozas philosophy.
Anglophone marxists have scarcely engaged with the work individu et communaute chez spinoza is widely regarded as a landmark of spinoza scholarship. The idea of god in spinozas philosophy a study about its definition, influences and impact based on the first part of ethics. Spinoza and explications with the technical or fo rmal use of words like mode for example properly distinguished from the impre cise informal use of the latin modus or french mode, informally rendered in english as manner, way. All our modern philosophers, though often perhaps unconsciously, see through the glasses which baruch spinoza ground. Spinoza s ancestors were persecuted in the spanish inquisition, moving to portugal and then to holland, which showed more toleration.
This is a difficulty which leads in some case to unhappy consequences. It is also bold to the point of audacity, as one would expect of a systematic and. Spinoza may have used the geometrical form as a reaction against the new literary forms which had been exploited in philosophic writings 8 dictionnaire historiqzie et critique, 16951697. Spinozas life and works 17 the violence of human emotional reactions and the lifethreatening danger of human greed, ambition, and bigotry. Rather, spinoza has in mind a deeper, more spiritual kind of wisdom, which involves what we today call emotional intelligence, and selfawareness, as well as an understanding of how every being.
Alexandre matheron on militant reason and intellectual love of god ted stolze abstract. Spinozas intellectual power, which emerged shortly after 1656 in his treatise on the emendation of the intellect, must have had a long incubation. The project gutenberg ebook of the philosophy of spinoza. 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. It shows how pantheism has some similar thinking as ancient beliefs like buddhism to the more modern humanism, it makes sense with our current environmental issues and explains how it can be a suitable logical alternative to supernatural belief religion. His parents were jews who had fled, along with many others, from the vicious intolerance of the inquisition to the limited and hesitant freedom of holland. The twentyfive articles collected for this anthology display a wide range of interpretations to central themes in spinoza s philosophy. List of propositions from the ethics, which helps readers to trace the development of key themes. The most mature statement of spinozas philosophy is his ethics. In some translations, the scholia are referred to as notes.
The book displays a panoramic picture of spinoza scholarship. Theologicopolitical treatise part 4 all you can books. In eip6 spinoza refuses the concept of creation known from the judeochristian tradition. Goldstein march 28 april 1, 2011 alcohol can be made out of many things. Buy a cheap copy of a spinoza reader book by baruch spinoza. Read then some commentary, like pollocks spinoza, or martineaus study of spinoza, or better, both. Read the book not all at once, but in small portions at many sittings. Betraying spinoza the renegade jew who gave us modernity. 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. There are few doctrines that have not been drawn by some critic from the body of spi. Elements of pantheism is a great wide reaching book. Recent work in political philosophy and the history of ideas presents spinoza and hegel as the most powerful living alternatives to mainstream enlightenment thought. Revisiting a marxist c r c r encounter with spinoza.
The philosophy of spinoza alfred weber b aruch benedict spinoza,1 spinosa, or despinoza, was born at amsterdam, in 1632, of portuguese jewish parents, who were, it seems, in good circumstances. Spinozas concept of substance as necessary and infinite is similar to traditional theological accounts of god, that dont assign a creator to god. Practical philosophy by gilles deleuze, looking for spinoza. In the posthumous ethics, spinoza wrote the last indisputable latin. 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. For spinoza the main hurdle to virtue isnt egoism but ignorance of our true nature by being selfish we can in fact help others. Feb 07, 2010 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
Betraying spinoza the renegade jew who gave us modernity r. It contains, in addition, reflection upon the various kinds of knowledge. There are editions of spinoza available for half the price of this classic books effort. Thus, spinozas substance requires an account of what it means for something to. 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. Spinozas philosophy as a whole can be seen as continuous reflection on the role and. The ethics has been the subject of a number of recent studies, one of the. The influence of mathematics on the philosophy of spinoza. A renewed interest in spinoza is blossoming internationally.