Ethics

Zusatztext The noblest and most lovable of the great philosophers ... ethically he is supreme. (Bertrand Russell)" Informationen zum Autor Benedict de Spinoza was born in Amsterdam in 1632, where his orthodox Jewish family had fled from persecution in Portugal. Spinoza was expelled from the synagogue for his heterodox philosophy, and earned his living as an optical-lens grinder. He identified God with nature and denied the possibility of an act of creation. Ethics was published in 1677 after his death and explored a doctrine which inspired the Romantic poets. Edwin Curley is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan and editor and translator of Spinoza's Collected Works. Stuart Hampshire was elected a Fellow of All Souls in 1936 and was a tutor in philosophy. He has held numerous presitigious academic posts. Klappentext 'The noblest and most lovable of the great philosophers ... ethically he is supreme' Bertrand Russell Published shortly after his death in 1677, the Ethics is Spinoza's greatest work - a fully cohesive philosophical system that strives to provide a picture of reality and to comprehend the meaning of an ethical life. It defines in turn the nature of God, the mind, human bondage to the emotions and the power of understanding - moving from a consideration of the eternal, to speculate upon humanity's place in the natural order and the path to attainable happiness. A work of elegant simplicity, the Ethics is a brilliantly insightful consideration of the possibility of redemption through philosophical reflection. Translated by Edwin Curley with an Introduction by Stuart Hampshire Zusammenfassung Provides a coherent picture of reality, and a guide to the meaning of an ethical life. This book follows a logical format, it defines in turn the nature of God, the mind, the emotions, human bondage to the emotions, and the power of understanding.

Product details

• Authors: Edwin Curley, Benedict De Spinoza, Stuart Hampshire, Benedict Spinoza, Benedict De Spinoza, Benedictus (Baruch) de Spinoza, Benedictus De Spinoza
• Assisted by: Stuart Hampshire (Introduction), Hampshire Stuart (Introduction), E. M. Curley (Translation), Edwin Curley (Translation), Curley Edwin (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 27.06.1996
• EAN: 9780140435719
• ISBN: 978-0-14-043571-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Essays, Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought