The Spinoza-Machiavelli encounter : time and occasion / Vittorio Morfino ; translated by Dave Mesing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morfino, Vittorio, 1966- author.

Contributor:

Mesing, Dave, translator.

Series:

Spinoza studies.

Spinoza studies

Standardized Title:

Tempo e l'occasione. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677.

Spinoza, Benedictus de.

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.

Machiavelli, Niccolò.

Causation.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2019.

Summary:

Vittorio Morfino draws out the implications of the dynamic Spinoza-Machiavelli encounter by focusing on the concepts of causality, temporality and politics. This allows him to think through the relationship between ontology and politics, leading to an understanding of history as a complex and plural interweaving of different rhythms.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Abbreviations

Translator’s Introduction: Unscripted Space, Devoured Time

Translator’s Note and Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Machiavelli in Spinoza’s Library and Texts

2 Machiavelli’s Implicit Presence in Spinoza’s Texts

3 Causality and Temporality between Machiavelli and Spinoza

4 Machiavelli and Spinoza: Theory of the Individual as Anti-philosophy of History

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Originally published as Il tempo e l'occasione: l'incontro Spinoza Machiavelli, by LED - Edizioni Universitarie du Lettere Economia Diritto, Milan in 2002.

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ISBN:

9781474421263

1474421261

9781474421256

1474421253

OCLC:

1306539181