Baruch spinoza was a philosopher of portuguese sephardi origin born in amsterdam. 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. Buy a cheap copy of a spinoza reader book by baruch spinoza. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The escamoth stating spinozas excommunication gilles deleuzes lectures about. 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. The splendidly researched biography by margaret gullanwhur presents a very different picture and is a very different kind of book.
As a jew it was the hebrew bible that concerned him most. 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. This short treatise holds the key to opening the complexities in. 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 themes of his philosophy. Contains a chapter on the psychology of hobbes and spinoza. Questo riassunto permette una completa conoscenza scolastica dellautore.
Baruch spinoza the book of life the school of life. 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 spinoza problem, by irvin yalom the washington post. Spinozas magnum opus, the ethics, was published posthumously in the year of his death. Among philosophers, spinoza is best known for his ethics, a monumental work. Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata, usually known as the ethics, is a philosophical treatise written in latin by baruch spinoza. Lo scorso anno abbiamo stampato non per scelta nostra l agenda di spinoza in proprio, e ringraziamo chi. At the core of spinozas ambitious philosophical agenda is. Spinoza biography by margaret gullanwhur spinozaauthor.
Help us create the kind of literary community youve always dreamed of. 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 idea of god in spinozas philosophy a study about its definition, influences and impact based on the first part of ethics. At a time of zealotry, spinoza matters more than ever.
After being confused and bored for a while, i picked up spinoza by stuart hampshire, a little 200odd page book that very concisely explains the general arguments of the ethics. The new spinoza articulates that presence, making the influence and significance of spinoza perfectly clear for a new generation of philosophy. Baruch spinoza was a seventeenthcentury dutch philosopher who tried to reinvent religion moving it away from something based on superstition and ideas of. The twentyfive articles collected for this anthology display a wide range of interpretations to central themes in spinozas philosophy. 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. Spinozasethics spinozas ethics is one of the most remarkable, important, and difficult books in the history of philosophy. Practical philosophy by gilles deleuze, looking for spinoza. There had always been a quasipolitical agenda behind his decision to write. What should i read to learn about spinozas philososphy.
Il testo che segue ha ad oggetto il pensiero filosofico di spinoza. There are in fact two books available through amazon with this same title. It is a discussion and illustration of spinozas on the improvement of the understanding. How do you solve a problem like reading the ethics. Ethics and related writings it seems clear enough, but in the world of internet bookbuying, things are not always as they seem. In subversive spinoza, antonio negri spells out the philosophical credo that inspired his radical renewal of marxism and his compelling analysis of the modern state and the global economy by means of an inspiring reading of the challenging metaphysics of the seventeenthcentury dutchjewish philosopher spinoza. Among the innumerable treasures the nazis stole from europe during world war ii was a collection of books displayed at the spinoza museum in. For negri, spinozas philosophy has never been more relevant than it is today to. Betraying spinoza the renegade jew who gave us modernity.
Spinozas discussion of the infinite draws on several sources, including descartes, who distinguished between infinites comprehended by the understanding and those conceived in the imagination. Betraying spinoza the renegade jew who gave us modernity r. The ethics is a philosophical book written by baruch spinoza. Baruch spinoza was a dutch philosopher of sephardiportuguese origin. Is spinozas ethics accessible to beginners in philosophy. Also, because of his writing style, the text is rather dull if youre not used to that kind of reading, as i wasnt. Spinozas grand system proceeds in the manner of euclids geometry, establishing axioms and definitions and building a series of propositions. 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. Ways into reading spinoza philosophical bibliotherapy. His thought combines a commitment to a number of cartesian metaphysical and epistemological principles with elements from ancient stoicism, hobbes. It is a continually developing, active project whose success depends on its users. Member of the international league of antiquarian booksellers. Spinoza now is an important addition to a new strand of literature on philosopher baruch spinoza.
At a first look, you may open the book to find dry definitions, arcane axioms and a series of propositions, pareddown to provide an economical and. 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. 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. Try not to get put off by the appearance of the geometrical method. Goldstein march 28 april 1, 2011 alcohol can be made out of many things. We specialize in spinozana, christian hebraists, scholarly periodicals in the fields of judaica and biblestudies, german judaica, jewish. The book displays a panoramic picture of spinoza scholarship over the last three. Spinoza was born to a marano family in amsterdam holland. Be that as it may, spinozas fundamental insight in book one is that. A substance cant be produced by anything else by the corollary to 6, so it must be its own cause. 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. Uncorrected paperswallace matson 4 excellent essays on spinoza start there. Lo scorso anno abbiamo stampato non per scelta nostra l agenda di spinoza in proprio, e ringraziamo chi ci ha sostenuto nonostante il prodotto artigianale. Spinoza in soviet thought an international symposium at the aleksanteri institute, university of helsinki 1819 may 2012 spinoza, ilyenkov and western marxism meeting the challenges of the global crisis corinna lotz and penny cole introduction evald ilyenkov took spinozas philosophy as the starting point for his own critique of.
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