Entertainingly written, more like a historical novel than a serious biography, with a short preface by einstein. A life, an introduction to spinoza s ethics spinoza s ethics. Theres a new literary celebrity in town, and his name is baruch spinoza rachel kadishs the weight of ink is like a. Spinozas magnum opus, the ethics, was published posthumously in the year of his death. Also included are selections from other works by spinoza, chosen by curley to make the ethics easier to understand, and a substantial introduction that gives an overview of. See all books authored by baruch spinoza, including the portable atheist. Books by baruch spinoza baruch spinoza average rating 4. I am very happy to have this item in my spinoza library. E ethics, ep correspondence epistolae, kv short treatise on god, man and his wellbeing. Read the book not all at once, but in small portions at many sittings. The books homepage helps you explore earths biggest bookstore without ever leaving the comfort of your couch. Spinoza to the letter studies in words, texts and books. It is a strong collection of essays that are individually thoughtprovoking and collectively coherent, giving the widest possible overview of the interesting work being done on spinoza today.
Ethics in the ethics or how did spinoza analyse everyday life. Also included are selections from other works by spinoza, chosen by curley to make the ethics easier to understand, and a substantial introduction that gives an overview of spinozas life and the main. Spinoza, by roger scruton spinoza a life, by steven nadler. It was written between 1661 and 1675 and was first published posthumously in 1677 the book is perhaps the most ambitious attempt to apply the method of euclid in philosophy. Damasios looking for spinoza may pose as an excursion into philosophical abstractions, a reiteration of spinozas monism in an updated format. Popular spinoza books showing 150 of 186 ethics paperback by.
An extremely important contribution to spinoza scholarship. In the secondary scholarship, nadler has been a oneman spinoza industry recently. Top 20 baruch spinoza quotes author of ethics youtube. It was written between 1661 and 1675 1 and was first published posthumously in 1677. The spinoza problem, by irvin yalom the washington post. Spinoza reconsidered jonathan israel, radical enlightenment. Spinoza selections by edited by john wild abebooks. His translations have the unique ability to integrate accuracy, lucidity, and facility of expression that is unparalleled by other translators of spinoza. Baruch spinoza shelved 24 times as spinoza avg rating 4. When referring to the ethics these common forms and.
At length i pass to the remaining portion of my ethics, which is concerned with the way leading to freedom. However, these two have saved me the trouble of consulting any other, for i am persuaded that they all talk in the same strain and hanker after extraordinary tales. Most readers of spinoza treat him as a pure metaphysician, a grim determinist, or a stoic moralist, but none of these descriptions captures the author of the ethics, argues steven b. The following common abbreviations have been used to refer to spinozas writings. Here is a spinoza both hauntingly emblematic and deeply human, both heretic and heroa. A leading neurobiologist, antonio damasio, argues in his looking for spinoza. Spinozas life and works 17 the violence of human emotional reactions and the lifethreatening danger of human greed, ambition, and bigotry. Seymour feldman, department of philosophy, rutgers. The living thoughts of spinoza, by arnold zweig on spinoza, by diane steinberg. Nov 22, 2009 at length i pass to the remaining portion of my ethics, which is concerned with the way leading to freedom.
Read then some commentary, like pollocks spinoza, or martineaus study of spinoza, or better, both. 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. Land seorsum repetita classic reprint, and more on. In betraying spinoza, rebecca newberger goldstein sets out to rediscover the fleshandblood man often buried beneath the veneer of rigorous rationality and to provide a comprehensive cultural and religious context for the formation of his ideas. All the spinoza references are from the collected works of spinoza, vol. The ethical part of the ethics parts iii, iv and iv is much more accessible. Here youll find current best sellers in books, new releases in books, deals in books, kindle ebooks, audible audiobooks, and so much more. All our modern philosophers, though often perhaps unconsciously, see through the glasses which baruch spinoza ground. Dr read the abridged version of the ethics and della roccas spinoza before tackling the ethics proper. Spinoza s life and works 17 the violence of human emotional reactions and the lifethreatening danger of human greed, ambition, and bigotry. A life, an introduction to spinozas ethics spinozas ethics.
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 books list of books by author baruch spinoza. Abraham verghese, author of cutting for stone in 1909, sixteenyearold alfred rosenberg is called into his headmasters office for making antisemitic remarks. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of spinoza s work was not fully realized until years after his death. Goldstein march 28 april 1, 2011 alcohol can be made out of many things. The reason for my not replying sooner is that the books you quoted are not at hand, in fact i have not found any except pliny and suetonius.
Ex editione operum quoquot reperta sunt quam curaverant j. 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. Spinoza for our time extends and reflects back upon the trilogy of longer, mosaiclike sometimes guernicalike, in their kaleidoscopic ambition books that negri wrote with hardt. The spinoza problem is a highly intriguing exploration of the connections between a jewish philosopher and a nazi ideologue. Spinoza for our time extends and reflects back upon the trilogy of longer, mosaiclike sometimes guernicalike, in their kaleidoscopic ambition. Spinoza is the only thinker to both espouse and explicate the existence and operation of the human mind. Goldstein argues that the trauma of the inquisitions persecution of its forced jewish converts plays itself out in. In this way the unity of spinozas thought is shown to consist in his preoccupation with the ethical question of salvation. To see the presence of spinoza, louis althusser once quipped, one must at least have heard of him. Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata, usually known as the ethics, is a philosophical treatise written in latin by baruch spinoza.
Spinoza now is an important addition to a new strand of literature on philosopher baruch spinoza. I shall therefore treat therein of the power of the reason, showing how far the reason can control the emotions, and what is the nature of mental freedom or blessedness. Ethics spinozapart 5 wikisource, the free online library. In betraying spinoza, rebecca goldstein sets out to rediscover the fleshandblood man often hidden behind the veneer of rigorous rationality, and to crack the mystery of the breach between the philosopher and his jewish past. This is hardcore science, a pioneering venture into the neurophysiology of feelings. Joy, sorrow, and the feeling brain is a delightful combination of philosophical musings, neurobiological science, and creative writing three subjects one does not often see intermingled within the same work. Baruch spinoza has 178 books on goodreads with 118128 ratings. The new spinoza articulates that presence, making the influence and significance of spinoza perfectly clear for a new generation of philosophy. Philosophy and the making of modernity 16501750 oxford university press. 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. We read letters from friends asking him to clarify some of his teachings, including letters we might consider frivolous, but were serious to their authors. Betraying spinoza the renegade jew who gave us modernity.
Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of spinozas work was not fully realized until years after his death. Joy, sorrow, and the feeling brain that spinozas view of the. Ways into reading spinoza philosophical bibliotherapy. With hobbes and locke, spinoza is arguably one of the most important political philosophers of the modern era, a premier theoretician of democracy and mass politics. Leading neuroscientist antonio damasiowhose earlier books explore rational behavior and the notion of the selfrediscovers a man whose work ran counter to. And having finished it, consider that you have but begun to understand it. Offering a new reading of spinozas masterpiece, smith asserts that the ethics is a celebration of human freedom and its attendant joys and responsibilities and. This book of some seventyfive letters to and from spinoza reveals some parts of his philosophy and some information about the attacks made against him. It is a strong collection of essays that are individually thoughtprovoking and collectively coherent, giving the widest possible overview of the interesting. 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 collected works of spinoza provides, for the first time in english, a truly satisfactory edition of all of spinoza s writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the originallanguage texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the philosophers work this first volume contains spinoza s single most important work, the ethics, and. Ignore the proofs of the propositions but read the scholia. Spinozas refutation of teleology is one of the characteristic features of his metaphysics which differentiates him from the.
Help us create the kind of literary community youve always dreamed of. Spinoza selections by spinoza, edited by john wild and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Practical philosophy by gilles deleuze, looking for spinoza. Spinoza s letters are valuable supplements to his philosophical books. To follow damasio into this untamed territory is no easy feat. This is the first collection of spinoza studies that deals exclusively with the language, style, and the transmission and editing of his texts. An open letter to spinoza shmuly yanklowitz the blogs. Joy, sorrow, and the feeling brain by antonio damasio m. Although it was published posthumously in 1677, it is his most famous work, and is considered his magnum opus. Spinoza s intellectual power, which emerged shortly after 1656 in his treatise on the emendation of the intellect, must have had a long incubation. The correspondence with tschirnhausen was formerly supposed to be with lewis meyer.
Irvin yalom does a masterful job in bringing to life spinoza and his philosophy and connecting it to the apocalyptic history of nazi germany and the persona of alfred rosenberg. Spinozas letters are valuable supplements to his philosophical books. Among the innumerable treasures the nazis stole from europe during world war ii was a collection of books displayed at the spinoza museum in rijnsburg, holland. The letters of tschirnhausen contain by far the most acute contemporary criticism of spinoza. It includes investigations into the authorship of some minor texts, spinozas latinity, the hebrew passages in the tractatus theologicopoliticus, his way of handling quotations and his use of the. The spinoza problem, by irvin yalom washington post. In calling something cause of itself i mean that its essence involves existence, i. Offering a new reading of spinoza s masterpiece, smith asserts that the ethics is a celebration of human freedom and its attendant. Shirley is undoubtedly the most significant translator of spinozas writings into english. Theres a new literary celebrity in town, and his name is. Baruch spinoza was a dutch philosopher of portuguese sephardi origin.
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