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1 online resource (250 pages) |
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Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The apparent similarities between Spinozism and Stoicism; 2 Why study Spinoza and the Stoics?; 3 Methodological notes; 4 Overview of the chapters; 5 What is not covered in this book; 6 Historical background: Stoicism in Spinoza's day andwhat he knew of it; 1 Monism; 1.1 Monism in general; 1.2 Stoic and Spinozistic monisms; 1.3 Arguments for monism; 1.4 Conclusion: teleology; 2 Phantasia and ideas; 2.1 Externalism versus internalism; 2.2 Typology; 2.3 Contextualizing impressions/ideas |
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2.4 Conclusion3 Conatus and oikeiosis; 3.1 Oikeiosis, not horme; 3.2 Self-preservation; 3.3 From self-preservation to?; 3.4 Conclusion; Appendix: on the (in)coherency of Spinozism; 4 Value; 4.1 Value theory; 4.2 Three categories of value; 4.3 On the normativity of the good; 4.4 Relativism versus absolutism; 4.5 The factualness of values; 4.6 Conclusion: what counts as good; 5 Happiness; 5.1 The language of happiness; 5.2 The form and content of happiness; 5.3 Eudaimonic form and content in Stoicism; 5.4 Cartesian innovations; 5.5 Spinoza's eudaimonic form; 5.6 Spinoza's eudaimonic content |
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5.7 Conclusion: life according to natureConclusion: Spinoza and the Stoics?; Bibliography; Index of names; General index |
| Summary |
For many years, philosophers and other scholars have commented on the remarkable similarity between Spinoza and the Stoics, with some even going so far as to speak of 'Spinoza the Stoic'. Until now, however, no one has systematically examined the relationship between the two systems. In Spinoza and the Stoics Jon Miller takes on this task, showing how key elements of Spinoza's metaphysics, epistemology, philosophical psychology, and ethics relate to their Stoic counterparts. Drawing on a wide-range of secondary literature including the most up-to-date scholarship and a close examination of the |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677.
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| SUBJECT |
Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677 fast |
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Spinoza, Benedictus de 1632-1677 gnd |
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Europäisches Parlament Generaldirektion Wissenschaft Abteilung Industrie, Forschung, Energie und Umwelt gnd |
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Stoics.
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stoicism.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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Stoics
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781316318294 |
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131631829X |
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9780511732300 |
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0511732309 |
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