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Spinoza's Ethics [electronic resource] : an introduction / Steven Nadler.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge introductions to key philosophical textsPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 281 p.)ISBN:
  • 0511219679
  • 0511220472 (electronic bk.)
  • 0521544793 (pbk.)
  • 0521836204 (hbk.)
  • 6610480133
  • 9780511219672
  • 9780511220470 (electronic bk.)
  • 9780521544795 (pbk.)
  • 9780521836203 (hbk.)
  • 9786610480135
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Spinoza's EthicsDDC classification:
  • 170 22
LOC classification:
  • B3974 .N28 2006eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER 1 Spinoza's life and works -- A JEWISH MERCHANT OF AMSTERDAM -- CHEREM -- A PHILOSOPHER IN THE COUNTRY -- FROM ETHICS TO POLITICS -- CALM AND TURMOIL IN THE HAGUE -- FINAL YEARS -- CHAPTER 2 The geometric method -- SEARCH FOR A METHOD -- PHILOSOPHICAL TRUTH AND GEOMETRICAL EXPOSITION -- THE ELEMENTS -- Definitions -- Axioms -- Propositions -- CHAPTER 3 On God: substance -- SUBSTANCE, ATTRIBUTE, AND MODE -- "THERE CANNOT BE TWO OR MORE SUBSTANCES OF THE SAME NATURE" (IP5) -- SUBSTANCE IS NECESSARILY EXISTING, ETERNAL, AND INFINITE -- "EXCEPT GOD, NO SUBSTANCE CAN BE OR BE CONCEIVED" -- GOD AND THINGS -- GOD OR NATURE -- CHAPTER 4 On God: necessity and determinism -- CAUSAL NECESSITY -- INFINITE MODES -- FINITE MODES -- DETERMINISM AND NECESSITARIANISM -- DIVINE FREEDOM -- MIRACLES -- PANTHEIST OR ATHEIST? -- CHAPTER 5 The human being -- PARALLELISM -- MIND AND BODY -- MONISM -- DUALISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS -- CHAPTER 6 Knowledge and will -- IDEAS -- TRUTH AND ADEQUACY -- WAYS OF KNOWING -- FREEDOM AND THE WILL -- CHAPTER 7 The Passions -- PSYCHOLOGIA GEOMETRICA -- ACTION AND PASSION -- 'CONATUS' -- AFFECTS -- THE PASSIONS -- EGOISM -- ACTIONS -- CHAPTER 8 Virtue and "the free man" -- GOOD AND EVIL -- AFFECT VS. AFFECT -- VIRTUE -- "THE FREE MAN" -- ETHICS -- SOCIETY AND THE STATE -- CHAPTER 9 Eternity and blessedness -- MODERATING THE PASSIONS -- LOVE OF GOD -- THE ETERNITY OF THE MIND -- BLESSEDNESS -- References.
Summary: Nadler explains the doctrines and arguments of the Ethics and examines the philosophical background to Spinoza's thought and the dialogues in which Spinoza was engaged. He shows why Spinoza's endlessly fascinating ideas may have been so troubling to his contemporaries, as well as why they are still highly relevant today.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-278) and index.

Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER 1 Spinoza's life and works -- A JEWISH MERCHANT OF AMSTERDAM -- CHEREM -- A PHILOSOPHER IN THE COUNTRY -- FROM ETHICS TO POLITICS -- CALM AND TURMOIL IN THE HAGUE -- FINAL YEARS -- CHAPTER 2 The geometric method -- SEARCH FOR A METHOD -- PHILOSOPHICAL TRUTH AND GEOMETRICAL EXPOSITION -- THE ELEMENTS -- Definitions -- Axioms -- Propositions -- CHAPTER 3 On God: substance -- SUBSTANCE, ATTRIBUTE, AND MODE -- "THERE CANNOT BE TWO OR MORE SUBSTANCES OF THE SAME NATURE" (IP5) -- SUBSTANCE IS NECESSARILY EXISTING, ETERNAL, AND INFINITE -- "EXCEPT GOD, NO SUBSTANCE CAN BE OR BE CONCEIVED" -- GOD AND THINGS -- GOD OR NATURE -- CHAPTER 4 On God: necessity and determinism -- CAUSAL NECESSITY -- INFINITE MODES -- FINITE MODES -- DETERMINISM AND NECESSITARIANISM -- DIVINE FREEDOM -- MIRACLES -- PANTHEIST OR ATHEIST? -- CHAPTER 5 The human being -- PARALLELISM -- MIND AND BODY -- MONISM -- DUALISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS -- CHAPTER 6 Knowledge and will -- IDEAS -- TRUTH AND ADEQUACY -- WAYS OF KNOWING -- FREEDOM AND THE WILL -- CHAPTER 7 The Passions -- PSYCHOLOGIA GEOMETRICA -- ACTION AND PASSION -- 'CONATUS' -- AFFECTS -- THE PASSIONS -- EGOISM -- ACTIONS -- CHAPTER 8 Virtue and "the free man" -- GOOD AND EVIL -- AFFECT VS. AFFECT -- VIRTUE -- "THE FREE MAN" -- ETHICS -- SOCIETY AND THE STATE -- CHAPTER 9 Eternity and blessedness -- MODERATING THE PASSIONS -- LOVE OF GOD -- THE ETERNITY OF THE MIND -- BLESSEDNESS -- References.

Nadler explains the doctrines and arguments of the Ethics and examines the philosophical background to Spinoza's thought and the dialogues in which Spinoza was engaged. He shows why Spinoza's endlessly fascinating ideas may have been so troubling to his contemporaries, as well as why they are still highly relevant today.

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