And having finished it, consider that you have but begun to understand it. It contains, in addition, reflection upon the various kinds of knowledge. Popular spinoza books showing 150 of 186 ethics paperback by. The idea of god in spinozas philosophy a study about its definition, influences and impact based on the first part of ethics. Betraying spinoza the renegade jew who gave us modernity. The project gutenberg ebook of the philosophy of spinoza. Spinozas philosophy as a whole can be seen as continuous reflection on the role and. This is a difficulty which leads in some case to unhappy consequences. 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. The book displays a panoramic picture of spinoza scholarship. All our modern philosophers, though often perhaps unconsciously, see through the glasses which baruch spinoza ground. This proposition is supported by the argument, that two. 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. Reflections on the nature of nature, co written with.
Read then some commentary, like pollocks spinoza, or martineaus study of spinoza, or better, both. A renewed interest in spinoza is blossoming internationally. Introduction to many readers, the most striking feature of spinozas ethics is its geometric order. Revisiting a marxist c r c r encounter with spinoza. Spinozas concept of substance as necessary and infinite is similar to traditional theological accounts of god, that dont assign a creator to god. Christianity, judaism, islam as a mere reflection of human imagination. List of propositions from the ethics, which helps readers to trace the development of key themes. Anglophone marxists have scarcely engaged with the work individu et communaute chez spinoza is widely regarded as a landmark of spinoza scholarship.
Yet, for many philosophers and political theorists today, one must choose between hegel or spinoza. In some translations, the scholia are referred to as notes. Pantheism is the belief that reality is identical with divinity, or that allthings compose an. Uncorrected paperswallace matson 4 excellent essays on spinoza start there. There seem to be few philosophical problems of any importance that do not find. The twentyfive articles collected for this anthology display a wide range of interpretations to central themes in spinoza s philosophy. 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. 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. 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. Alexandre matheron on militant reason and intellectual love of god ted stolze abstract. The twentyfive articles collected for this anthology display a wide range of interpretations to central themes in spinozas philosophy. Spinozas life and works 17 the violence of human emotional reactions and the lifethreatening danger of human greed, ambition, and bigotry. The most mature statement of spinozas philosophy is his ethics. In accordance with the wishes of his father he studied theology, but soon showed a decided preference for free philosophical speculation.
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. There are few doctrines that have not been drawn by some critic from the body of spi. 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. Spinoza s life and works 17 the violence of human emotional reactions and the lifethreatening danger of human greed, ambition, and bigotry. Theologicopolitical treatise part 4 all you can books.
In calling something cause of itself i mean that its essence involves existence, i. 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. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Designed to facilitate a thoughtful and informed reading of spinoza s ethics, this anthology provides the ethics, related writings, and two valuable appendices. Spinozas intellectual power, which emerged shortly after 1656 in his treatise on the emendation of the intellect, must have had a long incubation.
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. Betraying spinoza the renegade jew who gave us modernity r. For spinoza the main hurdle to virtue isnt egoism but ignorance of our true nature by being selfish we can in fact help others. Spinoza wrote numerous philosophical, political, and religious criticism works. 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. Feb 07, 2010 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Books by baruch spinoza baruch spinoza average rating 4. The ethics has been the subject of a number of recent studies, one of the.
Baruch spinoza shelved 24 times as spinoza avg rating 4. The influence of mathematics on the philosophy of spinoza. 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. Buy a cheap copy of a spinoza reader book by baruch spinoza. Elements of pantheism is a great wide reaching book. Spinoza s intellectual power, which emerged shortly after 1656 in his treatise on the emendation of the intellect, must have had a long incubation.
Baruch spinoza has 178 books on goodreads with 118128 ratings. It is also bold to the point of audacity, as one would expect of a systematic and. The ethical significance of substancegod difference in. In eip6 spinoza refuses the concept of creation known from the judeochristian tradition. Spinoza s ancestors were persecuted in the spanish inquisition, moving to portugal and then to holland, which showed more toleration. 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. There are editions of spinoza available for half the price of this classic books effort. Among philosophers, spinoza is best known for his ethics, a monumental work that. Thus, spinozas substance requires an account of what it means for something to.