The best book for you will depend on your preferred learning style and the amount of time that you want to spend reading about spinoza. Click here for more information the only complete edition in english of baruch spinozas works, this volume features samuel shirleys preeminent translations, distinguished at once by the lucidity and fluency with which they convey the flavor and meaning of spinozas original texts. An 800page scholarly overview is unlikely to be best for someone looking for a short beginnerfriendly introduction, for example. The seven best books on or by spinoza the daily idea. Some justification, however, of the treatment accorded spinoza s ethics may b. The reader is presented with a living debate engaged by firstrate scholars, who come to grips with the ideas of a philosopher seen as one of the few founders of the modern mind. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your first box. Baruch spinoza was a dutch philosopher of sephardiportuguese origin. Baruch spinoza has 178 books on goodreads with 118128 ratings. Ex editione operum quoquot reperta sunt quam curaverant j. Baruch spinoza books list of books by author baruch spinoza. The new spinoza articulates that presence, making the influence and significance of spinoza perfectly clear for a new generation of philosophy.
Spinozas father, miguel, and his uncle, manuel, then moved to amsterdam where they reassumed their judaism. Synopsis baruch spinoza 16321677 was one of the most important philosophers of all time. His magnum opus, the posthumous ethics, in which he opposed descartes mindbody dualism, has earned him recognition as one of western philosophys most important thinkers. Tratado politico portuguese edition by baruch spinoza. Spinoza is the only thinker to both espouse and explicate the existence and operation of the human mind. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of spinoza s work was not fully realized until years after his death. The book displays a panoramic picture of spinoza scholarship. Baruch spinoza quotes from i would warn you that i do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. A very short biography of spinoza accompanied by a series of. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of spinozas work was not fully realized until years after his death. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content.
Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your first box. Improvement of the understanding the ethics baruch spinoza. Buy a cheap copy of a spinoza reader book by baruch spinoza. This is the first complete biography of spinoza in any language and is based on detailed archival research. Among philosophers, spinoza is best known for his ethics, a monumental work that presents an ethical vision. He was raised in the portuguese jewish community in amsterdam, but was.
See all books authored by baruch spinoza, including the portable atheist. It was written between 1661 and 1675 1 and was first published posthumously in 1677. Whereas studies of spinoza in english have emphasized the logic of the ethics, these essays instead focus on the marginal and developmental moments that have had such a profound effect on french thought. The breadth and importance of spinozas work was not fully realized until many years after his death. On the improvement of the understanding the ethics. This page contains a list of the best books on or by spinoza. All our modern philosophers, though often perhaps unconsciously, see through the glasses which baruch spinoza ground. Although it was published posthumously in 1677, it is his most famous work, and is considered his magnum opus.
Feb 01, 2003 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The essays collected in this volume suggest that what applies to althusser applies to his whole generation that spinoza is an unsuspected but very real presence in the work of contemporary philosophers from deleuze and lacan to foucault and derrida. The living thoughts of spinoza, by arnold zweig on spinoza, by diane steinberg. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Heine the multitudes, ever prone to superstition, and caring more for the shreds of antiquity than for eternal truths, pays homage to the books of the bible, rather than to the word of god. Help us create the kind of literary community youve always dreamed of. His books were later added to the catholic churchs index of forbidden books. Spinoza, by roger scruton spinoza a life, by steven nadler. The twentyfive articles collected for this anthology display a wide range of interpretations to central themes in spinoza s philosophy. Nadler characterizes the treatise as one of the most important and influential books in the history of philosophy, in religious. Jun 14, 2001 spinoza, was one of the first in biblical criticism, and for his pains, was excommunicated. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected.
Indispensable collections of documents on spinozas life are i. Books by baruch spinoza baruch spinoza average rating 4. Today, spinoza is considered one of the great rationalists of the 17thcentury philosophy, laying the groundwork for the 18th century enlightenment and modern. Be that as it may, spinozas fundamental insight in book one is that nature. The twentyfive articles collected for this anthology display a wide range of interpretations to central themes in spinozas philosophy. Baruch spinoza i would warn you that i do not attribute. When his rabbi offered him a pension to stop writing and tow the line he replied, i thank you for the trouble you took teaching me hebrew and ill return the favor by teaching you excommunication a man much misunderstood in his time, though time the great healer has now rectified that. One of the early thinkers of the enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, including modern conceptions. Ethics by baruch spinoza and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
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