Routledge philosophy guidebook to Spinoza and The ethics / Genevieve Lloyd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lloyd, Genevieve.

Series:

Routledge philosophy guidebooks.

Routledge philosophy guidebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. Ethica.

Spinoza, Benedictus de.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Routledge philosophy guide book to Spinoza and The ethics

Philosophy guidebook to Spinoza and The ethics

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Spinoza is a key figure in modern philosophy. The Ethics is his most studied and well known work Being both up-to-date and clear, this Guidebook is designed to lead the reader through this complex, seminal text.

Contents:

Cover; Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Spinoza and the Ethics; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Spinoza in his time and ours; The outsider; How many 'Spinozas'?; Reading Spinoza; The text; Chapter 2 God, minds and bodies; God and 'his' attributes; God and the world; The mind and will of God; The idea of the body; Ways of knowing; Chapter 3 From bondage to freedom; The emotions; Striving to persist: an ethic of joy; The 'free man'; Chapter 4 Intuitive knowledge and the intellectual love of God; The eternity of the mind; The self-knowledge of the 'blessed'

Chapter 5 The way to wisdomNotes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-158) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-84108-6

1-134-84109-4

1-280-18242-3

0-203-42700-9

9780203427002

OCLC:

50875241