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. I found andrew boyles translatio n acceptable, but i also consulted edwin curleys often used version, available in a spinoza reader an inexpensive collection that includes many of spinozas other key works. Spinoza s theoretical philosophy is one of the most radical attempts to construct a pure ontology, with a single infinite substance, and all beings as the modes of being his substance. The spinoza problem is engrossing, enlightening, disturbing and ultimately deeply satisfying. Practical philosophy by gilles deleuze, looking for spinoza. Jun, 2016 the second and final volume of the most authoritative englishlanguage edition of spinoza s writings. A country in which two world wars left their marks, both in its flat countryside and in its literature.
On his travels, rotthier explores spinoza s pronouncements about the nature of existence and the great questions of life. Hegel or spinoza is the first englishlanguage translation of the modern classic hegel ou spinoza. The visual is essentially pornographic, which is to say that it has its end in rapt, mindless fascination. Baruch spinoza has 177 books on goodreads with 118169 ratings. His ethics is an ethology, rather than a moral science.
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In the ttp as it has come down to us, there are a few scattered comments on. Buy spinoza s political and ethical philosophy by robert alexander duff online at alibris. You can view our first edition of tractatus theologico, poli. I found andrew boyles translatio n acceptable, but i also consulted edwin curleys often used version, available in a spinoza reader an inexpensive collection that includes many of spinoza s other key works. This book, which presents spinozas main ideas in dictionary form, has as its subject the opposition between ethics and morality, and the link between ethical and ontological propositions. The young spinoza a metaphysician in the making edited by yitzhak y. The poetry here lies in the overarching vision rather than in fine turns of phrase. Spinoza for our time extends and reflects back upon the trilogy of longer, mosaiclike sometimes guernicalike, in their kaleidoscopic ambition. Spinoza s ethics is one of the most difficult books in philosophy. This is a most timely translation of pierre machereys 1979 work hegel ou spinoza. Op reis met spinoza atlas contact, 20 352 paginas isbn 9789045025520 21,95. Books by baruch spinoza baruch spinoza average rating 4.
The royal society, whose origins oldenburg had described to spinoza in letter 7, volume i, p. This writer was spinoza, and the book in question was ethics. Spinoza selections by edited by john wild abebooks. Rudi rotthier is een vlaamse journalist en schrijver. Ways into reading spinoza philosophical bibliotherapy. It is a country with a rich artistic tradition, from the flemish primitives, by way of magrittes surrealism, to herges ligne clair.
Feb 01, 2003 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Pierre macherey provides a surgically precise interrogation of the points of misreading of spinoza by hegel and initiates an encounter that produces a new understanding, a common truth that emerges in the interval that separates the two. Spinozas political and ethical philosophy by robert. Spinozas life and works 17 the violence of human emotional reactions and the lifethreatening danger of human greed, ambition, and bigotry. Ignore the proofs of the propositions but read the scholia. Spinoza s theoretical philosophy is one of the most radical attempts to construct a pure ontology with a single infinite substance.
For a good modern edition, with a helpful introduction, see stewart 1991. Indeed, machereys meticulous undoing of hegels reading of spinoza, in order to expose a deeper connection between the two philosophies, nicely accentuates some of the tensions framing recent discussions within contemporary continental political philosophy, where the perceived merits, and precise political. Spinozas theoretical philosophy is one of the most radical attempts to construct a pure ontology with a single infinite substance. Spinozas ethics is one of the most difficult books in philosophy. 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. Project gutenberg offers 61,951 free ebooks to download. At this period in philosophical history, philosophers were extremely impressed both with geometry and the physics of newton and leibniz. Spinozas intellectual power, which emerged shortly after 1656 in his treatise on the emendation of the intellect, must have had a long incubation.
Baruch spinoza shelved 24 times as spinoza avg rating 4. Dr read the abridged version of the ethics and della roccas spinoza before tackling the ethics proper. The collected works of spinoza provides, for the first time in english, a truly satisfactory edition of all of spinozas writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the originallanguage texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the philosophers work. The collected works of spinoza provides, for the first time in english, a truly satisfactory edition of all of spinoza s writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the originallanguage texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the philosophers work this first volume contains spinoza s single most important work, the ethics, and.
Spinoza s life and works 17 the violence of human emotional reactions and the lifethreatening danger of human greed, ambition, and bigotry. 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. Abraham verghese, author of cutting for stone in 1909, sixteenyearold alfred rosenberg is called into his headmasters office for making antisemitic remarks. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Spinoza s intellectual power, which emerged shortly after 1656 in his treatise on the emendation of the intellect, must have had a long incubation. The spinoza of market street issac bashevis singer translated from the yiddish by various translators ny. Belgium is a politically complex country, home to differing linguistic communities living side by side. Spinoza selections by spinoza, edited by john wild and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. One of the times literary supplements books of the year 2016, chosen by clare carlisle the collected works of spinoza has been the labour of a lifetime, and it provides us with a fluent, meticulous, consistent and usefully annotated english version of everything spinoza wrote except the hebrew grammar, and a fresh opportunity to see his arguments in detail and to see them whole. With the naked peartree, an account of a yearlong journey around the netherlands on the trail of spinoza, rudi rotthier set out to write the most readable book about the dutch philosopher ever written. Features an international team of leading spinoza researchers.
Takes an interdisciplinary approach and includes essays not only by philosophers but also by historians of literature and intellectual. Spinozas ethics, largely considered a work of pure determinism, actually takes a much more nuanced approach to the will that is shared by plato and hegel. In the naked pear tree, rotthier goes in search of spinoza, the significance of his work. The collected works of spinoza provides, for the first time in english, a truly satisfactory edition of all of spinozas writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the originallanguage texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the philosophers work this first volume contains spinozas single most important work, the ethics, and. 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.
The first collection of studies focused on spinozas early work. The collected works of spinoza provides, for the first time in english, a truly satisfactory edition of all of spinoza s writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the originallanguage texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the. Buy spinozas political and ethical philosophy by robert alexander duff online at alibris. On the road with spinoza years ago, rudi rotthier read an incomprehensible book in which the author rejected the concept of guilt and fought for the idea that freedom corresponds with insight. This page was last edited on 3 december 2012, at 06. It is notoriously obscure, as spinoza invents a variety of new terms and attempts to layout the book like a geometric proof. With a life of spinoza and an introduction by joseph ratner the modern library of the worlds best books, 60. Podcast for kids nfb radio 101 sermon podcast pauping off all steak no sizzle podcast church of the oranges daily chapel spring 2012. A life, an introduction to spinozas ethics spinozas ethics. This book, which presents spinoza s main ideas in dictionary form, has as its subject the opposition between ethics and morality, and the link between ethical. Popular spinoza books showing 150 of 187 ethics paperback by. The philosophy of spinoza, selected from his chief works. All our modern philosophers, though often perhaps unconsciously, see through the glasses which baruch spinoza ground. The ethical part of the ethics parts iii, iv and iv is much more accessible.
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