The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza's Ethics
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The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza's Ethics

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The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza's Ethics

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Since its publication in 1677, Spinoza's Ethics has fascinated philosophers, novelists, and scientists alike. It is undoubtedly one of the most exciting and contested works of Western philosophy. Written in an austere, geometrical fashion, the work teaches us how we should live, ending with an ethics in which the only thing good in itself is understanding. Spinoza argues that only that which hinders us from understanding is bad and shows that those endowed with a human mind should devote themselves, as much as they can, to a contemplative life. This Companion volume provides a detailed, accessible exposition of the Ethics. Written by an internationally known team of scholars, it is the first anthology to treat the whole of the Ethics and is written in an accessible style.

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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9780521853392
eBook ISBN
9781139798068
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Modern Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO: SPINOZA’S ETHICS
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Contributors
  7. Abbreviations
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 The Textual History of Spinoza’s Ethics
  10. 2 The Geometrical Order in the Ethics
  11. 3 Spinoza’s Ontology
  12. 4 Substance Monism and Identity Theory in Spinoza
  13. 5 Spinoza and the Stoics on Substance Monism
  14. 6 Spinoza on Necessity
  15. 7 Knowledge in Spinoza’s Ethics
  16. 8 Spinoza on Action
  17. 9 The Anatomy of the Passions
  18. 10 Freedom, Slavery, and the Passions
  19. 11 Spinoza’s Theory of the Good
  20. 12 The Power of Reason in Spinoza
  21. 13 Spinoza on the Essence of the Human Body and the Part of the Mind That Is Eternal
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index