Spinoza''s ''Ethics'' - An Introduction

Informationen zum Autor Steven Nadler is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is author of Spinoza: A Life (1999) and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Malebranche (2000). Klappentext In this 2006 book, Nadler explains the background to Spinoza's thought and the dialogues in which he was engaged. Zusammenfassung In this 2006 book! 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Spinoza's life and works; 2. The geometric method; 3. On God: substance; 4. On God: necessity and determinism; 5. The human being; 6. Knowledge and will; 7. The passions; 8. Virtue and 'the free man'; 9. Eternity and blessedness.

Product details

• Authors: Steven Nadler, Steven (University of Wisconsin Nadler, Steven M. Nadler
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.05.2006
• EAN: 9780521836203
• ISBN: 978-0-521-83620-3
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Key
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works