Spinoza's ethics : a guide / Michael LeBuffe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

LeBuffe, Michael, author.

Series:

Oxford Guides to Philosophy

Oxford guides to philosophy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. Ethica.

Spinoza, Benedictus de.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

In this short guide to a masterpiece of early modern philosophy, Michael LeBuffe leads readers through Spinoza's Ethics, focusing on one manageable part of the work's dense argument at a time and pausing frequently to raise questions for further research. This guide is designed to help readers to develop and defend their own sophisticated interpretations of Spinoza.

Contents:

Cover

Series

Spinoza's Ethics

Copyright

Contents

Preface: How to Use This Guide

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations and Note on Translations

Introduction

I.1. Working with the Geometrical Method

I.2. Spinoza's Life

I.3. Sources for the Ethics

1. One Infinite Substance

1.1. The Definitions and Axioms of Ethics 1

1.2. Existence: 1p1-​1p15

1.3. The One and the Many: 1p16-​1p36

1.4. Teleology and the Origin of Common Prejudice: Ethics 1 Appendix

2. The Idea of the Human Body

2.1. From Infinite Substance to Thought and Extension: 2d1-​2p9c

2.2. The Human Mind and the Human Body: 2p10-​2p18s

2.3. Inadequate Knowledge of the Self and the External World: 2p19-​2p36

2.4. Genuine Knowledge: 2p37-​2p49s

3. Striving, Joy, and Sadness

3.1. Human Activity and Passivity: 3 Preface-​3p3

3.2. Human Striving to Persevere in Being: 3p4-​3p10

3.3. Passions, Desire, and Objects of Imagination: 3p11-​3p50

3.4. Causation and Human Affects: 3p51-​3p59

4. Bondage to Passion

4.1. Good, Evil, and the Problem of Bondage: 4 Preface to 4p7

4.2. Knowledge and Power: 4p8-​4p28

4.3. The Natural State and the Civil State: 4p29-​4p37

4.4. Normative Ethics: 4p38-​4p73

5. The Power of the Intellect

5.1. Descartes, Passions of the Soul, and the Pineal Gland: 5 Preface

5.2. Understanding and Imagination against the Passions: 5a1-​5p10s

5.3. Self-​Knowledge and the Love toward God: 5p11-​5p20s

5.4. Eternity, Blessedness, and Salvation: 5p21-​5p42s

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: LeBuffe, Michael Spinoza's Ethics

ISBN:

0-19-762934-2

0-19-762932-6