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 Spinoza's Ethics is one of the most remarkable! important! and difficult books in the history of philosophy: a treatise simultaneously on metaphysics! knowledge! philosophical psychology! moral philosophy! and political philosophy. It presents! in Spinoza's famous 'geometric method'! his radical views on God! Nature! the human being! and happiness. In this wide-ranging introduction to the work! Steven Nadler explains the doctrines and arguments of the Ethics! and 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. He also examines the philosophical background to Spinoza's thought and the dialogues in which Spinoza was engaged - with his contemporaries (including Descartes and Hobbes)! with ancient thinkers (especially the Stoics)! and with his Jewish rationalist forebears. His book is written for the student reader but will also be of interest to specialists in early modern philosophy. 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 Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.05.2006
• EAN: 9780521544795
• ISBN: 978-0-521-54479-5
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts; Print On Demand; Cambridge Introductions to Key; Print on Demand; Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day