| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 240 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Texts and editions; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 A worm in the blood: some central themes in Spinoza's Ethics; CHAPTER 2 A few further basic concepts; CHAPTER 3 Emendative therapy and the Tractatus de Intellectus Emendatione; CHAPTER 4 Method: analysis and synthesis; CHAPTER 5 Maimonides and Gersonides; CHAPTER 6 Definitions in Spinoza's Ethics: where they come from and what they are for; CHAPTER 7 The third kind of knowledge and "our" eternity; Bibliography; Index of passages referred to and cited |
| Summary |
This original and controversial book examines the geometrical method employed by Spinoza in his masterpiece the Ethics, and suggests that its purpose, in Spinoza's view, was not just to present claims and propositions but also to allow the readers to look at themselves and the world in a different way |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. Ethica.
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Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677 |
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Ethica (Spinoza, Benedictus de) |
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0511062532 |
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9780511062537 |
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0511070993 |
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9780511070990 |
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9780521826112 |
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052182611X |
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1107137853 |
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9781107137851 |
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1280431156 |
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9781280431159 |
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0511179219 |
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9780511179211 |
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0511203136 |
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9780511203138 |
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0511306261 |
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9780511306266 |
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0511487193 |
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9780511487194 |
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9780521039505 |
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0521039509 |
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