Benedict de Spinoza : the elements of his philosophy / H.F. Hallett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hallett, H. F. (Harold Foster), author.

Series:

Bloomsbury academic collections. Philosophy, 2051-0012

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677.

Spinoza, Benedictus de.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury, 2013.

Summary:

"This book is intended for the use of the candid student, devised as a monitory preparation for deeper study of the philosophy of Spinoza. By its means it is hoped that the student may avoid the chief pitfalls of Spinoza-interpretation, and be carried past many of the difficulties encountered by the modern mind in the study of his writings. To this end perhaps the greatest hindrance to be met by the beginner is the 'popular' exposition that attempts to expound the thought of one age in terms of the favoured categories of another. By providing the necessary safeguards against misinterpretations arising from such causes, the author has sought to awaken interest in the closely knit fabric of Spinoza's doctrine of man and nature and God, and its practical import - and thus to revivify a specimen too long deprived of its native air."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Frontispiece: Benedict de Spinoza: From a pen and ink drawing by the author ; Preface ; Biographical note ; Bibliographical note ; Introduction

Part I: The Doctrine of Being. I. 'Cause of Itself' ; II. 'God or Nature' ; III. The Modes of Substance ; IV. Durational Beings ; I. Finite Modes and Eternal and Durational ; II. The Descent from Eternity ; III. 'Reference to God' and Self-Reference ; IV. The Ontological Status of Durational Beings

Part II: The Doctrine of Knowledge. V. Ideas and Ideata ; VI. The Kinds of Knowledg ; VII. Inadequate Knowledge ; VIII. The Affectus and Mental Dispositions

Part III: The Doctrine of Liberation. IX. The Moral Predicament ; X. Emendation ; XI. The Civic State and Morality ; XII. The Free Man

Index I. References to the Works of Spinoza ; II. Subjects, Personal Names, and Catchwords.

Notes:

Includes index.

Reprint. Originally published in 1957 by University of London/The Athlone Press.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472556509

147255650X

OCLC:

895073399