Spinoza's ethics: a reader's guide

✍ Scribed by J. Thomas Cook

Publisher: Continuum
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Leaves: 185
Edition: First edition.
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

The Ethics is one of the undisputed masterworks of early modern philosophy. In this single volume Spinoza offers the reader an unorthodox account of God, a novel version of the mind-body relation, a systematic theory of the emotions and a detailed prescription for human virtue and blessedness. Too controversial to be published during his lifetime, it was surreptitiously printed by Spinoza's friends after his death. Nowadays the Ethics is studied in university classes as an exemplary work of early modern rationalism. In Spinoza's 'Ethics': A Reader's Guide, J. Thomas Cook explains the philosophical background against which the book was written and the key themes inherent in the text. The book then guides the reader to a clear understanding of the text as a whole, before exploring the reception and influence of this classic philosophical work. This is the ideal companion to study of this most influential and challenging of texts.

✦ Table of Contents

Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Preface......Page 9
1. Spinoza and the Ethics: background and context......Page 12
2. Main themes and influences......Page 19
3. Reading the text......Page 26
4. The influence of the Ethics......Page 162
Notes for further reading......Page 174
Index......Page 178

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