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Spinoza's ethics : an Edinburgh philosophical guide / Beth Lord.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lord, Beth.
- Series:
- Edinburgh philosophical guides series.
- Edinburgh philosophical guides series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. Ethica.
- Spinoza, Benedictus de.
- Ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- Everything you need to know about Spinoza's Ethics in one volume.The Ethics presents a complete metaphysical, epistemological and ethical world-view that is immensely inspiring. However, it is also an extremely difficult text to read. This book takes readers through the text, stopping at the most perplexing passages to explain key terms, unfold arguments, offer concrete examples and raise questions for further thought. It is designed to be read alongside the Ethics, enabling students to think critically about Spinoza's views and build an understanding of his complex system.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Being, substance, God, nature
- pt. 2. Minds, bodies, experience and knowledge
- pt. 3. The affects
- pt. 4. Virtue, ethics and politics
- pt. 5. Freedom and eternity.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-178) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780748634514
- 0748634517
- OCLC:
- 638860156
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