Spinoza's ethics : a reader's guide / J. Thomas Cook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cook, J. Thomas, Author.

Series:

Continuum reader's guides.

Continuum reader's guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. Ethica.

Spinoza, Benedictus de.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Ethics is one of the undisputed masterworks of early modern philosophy. In this single volume Spinoza offers the reader an unorthodox account of God, a novel version of the mind-body relation, a systematic theory of the emotions and a detailed prescription for human virtue and blessedness. Too controversial to be published during his lifetime, it was surreptitiously printed by Spinoza's friends after his death. Nowadays the Ethics is studied in university classes as an exemplary work of early modern rationalism. In Spinoza's 'Ethics': A Reader's Guide, J. Thomas Cook explains the philosoph

Contents:

Spinoza and the Ethics : background and context

Main themes and influences

Reading the text

Part 1 : On God

Part 2 : On the nature and origin of the mind

Part 3 : On the origin and nature of the affects

Part 4 : Of human bondage, or the power of the emotions

Part 5 : On the power of the intellect, or on human freedom

The influence of the Ethics.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786613122988

9781441196729

1441196722

9781283122986

1283122987

9781441173294

1441173293

OCLC:

648656257