The role of God in Spinoza's metaphysics / Sherry Deveaux.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deveaux, Sherry Lynn.

Series:

Continuum studies in philosophy.

Continuum studies in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God.

Metaphysics.

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Baruch Spinoza began his studies in the Jewish community of seventeenth century Amsterdam by learning Hebrew and the Talmud, only to be excommunicated at the age of twenty-four for supposed heresy. Because of his radical transformation of the concept of God, he has been characterized, on the one hand, as an atheist, and on the other as the God-intoxicated man. This book is an exploration of what Spinoza understood God to be; how, for him, the infinite and eternal power of God is expressed; and how finite human beings can have a true idea of this greatest of all entities. Sherry Deveaux begins

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: THREE PROBLEMS; CHAPTER 2: THE ""GOD IS THE THING THAT HAS ATTRIBUTES AND MODES AS PROPERTIES"" INTERPRETATION; CHAPTER 3: THE ""GOD IS THE COLLECTION OF ATTRIBUTES"" INTERPRETATION; CHAPTER 4: THE ""GOD IS THE TOTALITY OF ATTRIBUTES"" INTERPRETATION; CHAPTER 5: BENEFITS AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE THREE INTERPRETATIONS; CHAPTER 6: ESSENCES AND TRUE IDEAS IN SPINOZA; CHAPTER 7: THE ESSENCE OF SPINOZA'S GOD; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [118]-[138]) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-12296-0

9786613122964

1-4411-7209-2

OCLC:

727649544