The Bloomsbury Companion to Spinoza

Benedictus Spinoza (1632-77) was among the most important of the post-Cartesian philosophers of the second half of the seventeenth century and is still widely studied today. He made original contributions in every major area of philosophy and is best known for his Ethics, which is often held up as a supreme example of a self-contained metaphysical system intended to explain the universe.

The Bloomsbury Companion to Spinoza is the first to offer an accessible, encyclopaedic account of Spinoza's life and ideas, his influences and commentators, and his lasting significance. Some of the best features include an annotated chronology of Spinoza's life, bibliographies of his major influences and critics, a substantive dictionary of key Spinozan concepts, summaries of Spinoza's principal writings and concludes with a chapter on Spinoza's place in modern academic scholarship. The volume is also updated with words on the recent major event in Spinoza scholarship with the discovery of the Vatican manuscript of Spinoza's Ethics.

The Bloomsbury Companion to Spinoza is a valuable research tool for anyone interested in Spinoza and the era of great change in which he lived and wrote.

Sommario

Introduction - W. van Bunge, Henri Krop, Piet Steenbakkers and Jeroen M.M. van de Ven (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Utrecht University, The Netherlands and Boxtel, The Netherlands)
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of Contributors
1. Life - Jeroen van de Ven (Boxtel, The Netherlands)
2. Influences
Introduction - P. Steenbakkers (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Burgersdijk - H. Krop (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Descartes - P. Steenbakkers (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Enden - F. Mertens (University of Ghent, Belgium)
Heereboord - H. Krop (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Jewish Philosophical Influences: Maimonides, Crescas, Abrabanel, Menasseh Ben Israel, Kabbalah, Delmedigo - T. Rudavsky (The Ohio State University, USA)
Stoa - J. Miller (Queen's University, Canada)
3. Early Critics
Pierre Bayle - G. Mori (Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro, Italy)
Samuel Clarke - W. van Bunge (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Henry More - W. van Bunge (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Bernard Nieuwentijt - W. van Bunge (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
John Toland - R.H. Vermij (University of Oklahoma, USA)
Christoph Wittich - M. Aalderink (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
4. Glossary
Accidens, Acquiescentia in se ipso - D. Rutherford (University of California, San Diego, USA)
Actio - Ch. Jaquet (Université de Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)
Adaequatus - F. Buyse (Université de Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)
Aequalitas - J.I. Israel (Princeton, USA)
Aeternitas - P.-F. Moreau (École Normale Supérieure des Lettres et Sciences Humaines de Lyon, France)
Affectio - H. Krop (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Affectus - T. Nyden (Grinnell College, USA)
Amicitia - M. van Reijen (AVANS Hogeschool, Breda, The Netherlands)
Amor intellectualis Dei - H. van Ruler (Erasmus University Rotterdam,The Netherlands)
Apostolus - R. Bordoli (Universita degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy)
Appetitus - T. Cook (Rollins College, USA)
Aristocratia - M. Terpstra (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Atheismus - H. Krop (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Attributum - W. van Bunge (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Beatitudo - H. van Ruler (Erasmus University Rotterdam,The Netherlands)
Bonum - T. Cook (Rollins College, USA)
Caeremonia - R. Bordoli (Universita degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy)
Causa - O. Koistinen (University of Turku, Finland)
Christus - P.C. Juffermans (Tilburg University, The Netherlands)
Civis - M. Terpstra (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Cogitatio - Th. Verbeek (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Cognitio - L. Spruit (Università La Sapienza Roma, Italy)
Conatus - L. Bove (Université de Picardie Jules Vernes, France)
Conceptus - Th. Verbeek (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Conscientia - T. Nyden (Grinnell College, USA)
Corpus - F. Buyse (Université de Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)
Democratia - M. Terpstra (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Denominatio - H. Krop (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Determinatio - O. Koistinen (University of Turku, Finland)
Deus, Intellectus and Voluntas Dei - H. de Dijn (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium)
Distinctio - H. Krop (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Info autore

Wiep van Bunge, Ph.D. (1990), Erasmus University Rotterdam, is Professor of the History of Philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at that university. He has published widely on the history of philosophy in the Dutch Republic.

Riassunto

Benedictus Spinoza (1632-77) was among the most important of the post-Cartesian philosophers of the second half of the seventeenth century and is still widely studied today. He made original contributions in every major area of philosophy and is best known for his Ethics, which is often held up as a supreme example of a self-contained metaphysical system intended to explain the universe.

The Bloomsbury Companion to Spinoza is the first to offer an accessible, encyclopaedic account of Spinoza's life and ideas, his influences and commentators, and his lasting significance. Some of the best features include an annotated chronology of Spinoza's life, bibliographies of his major influences and critics, a substantive dictionary of key Spinozan concepts, summaries of Spinoza's principal writings and concludes with a chapter on Spinoza's place in modern academic scholarship. The volume is also updated with words on the recent major event in Spinoza scholarship with the discovery of the Vatican manuscript of Spinoza’s Ethics.

The Bloomsbury Companion to Spinoza is a valuable research tool for anyone interested in Spinoza and the era of great change in which he lived and wrote.

Prefazione

A essential one-volume resource to Spinoza's life and ideas, his influences and commentators and his lasting significance.

Testo aggiuntivo

The team of researchers who have completed this collective project present a panorama of the whole of the present state of research on Spinoza ... The variety of articles included in the glossary is impressive ... In summary, a very successful work.

Relazione

The structure of the volume is unique in comparison with other books of the 'companion' genre. Instead of the regular eight to ten essays on the main aspects of the philosopher's thought, the current volume is structured more like a dictionary, framed by various introductory essays. The book consists of six divisions, each of which is accompanied by its own bibliography. The first division tells the story of Spinoza's life through a documentary history, presented more as a diary or chronicle than a narrative essay. This is a fresh, detailed, and very helpful unit . . . a fine volume summarizing one epoch in Spinoza scholarship. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Wiep van Bunge, Van Bunge Wiep
• Con la collaborazione di: Wiep Van Bunge (Editore), Henri Krop (Editore), Piet Steenbakkers (Editore), Steenbakkers Piet (Editore), Wiep van Bunge (Editore), Jeroen M.M. van de Ven (Editore), Jeroen M. M. van de Ven (Editore)
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2014
• EAN: 9781472532725
• ISBN: 978-1-4725-3272-5
• Pagine: 398
• Dimensioni: 156 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Serie: Bloomsbury Companions; Print on Demand; Bloomsbury Companions
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought