Ethics / Benedict De Spinoza ; Edited and translated by Edwin Curly ; with an introduction by Stuart Hampshire

By:

De Spinoza, Benedict [author]

Contributor(s):

Curley, Edwin [editor ; translator]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; Penguin Books Ltd., c1996Description: xix, 186 pages ; 20 cmISBN:

9780140435719

Subject(s):

ETHICS

LOC classification:

B 3973 .D47 1996

Contents:

Introduction -- Further reading -- Note on the text -- Ethics -- I. Of Gods -- II. Of the nature and origin of the mind -- III. Of the origin and the nature of affects -- IV. Of human bondage, or the powers of the affects -- V. Of the power of the intellect, or on human freedom -- Index .

Summary: "Published shortly after his death, the Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza's greatest work - an elegant, fully cohesive cosmology derived from first principles, providing a coherent picture of reality, and a guide to the meaning of an ethical life. Following a logical step-by-step format, it defines in turn the nature of God, the mind, the emotions, human bondage to the emotions, and the power of understanding - moving from a consideration of the eternal, to speculate upon humanity's place in the natural order, the nature of freedom and the path to attainable happiness. A powerful work of elegant simplicity, the Ethics is a brilliantly insightful consideration of the possibility of redemption through intense thought and philosophical reflection."

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Includes index.

"Published shortly after his death, the Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza's greatest work - an elegant, fully cohesive cosmology derived from first principles, providing a coherent picture of reality, and a guide to the meaning of an ethical life. Following a logical step-by-step format, it defines in turn the nature of God, the mind, the emotions, human bondage to the emotions, and the power of understanding - moving from a consideration of the eternal, to speculate upon humanity's place in the natural order, the nature of freedom and the path to attainable happiness. A powerful work of elegant simplicity, the Ethics is a brilliantly insightful consideration of the possibility of redemption through intense thought and philosophical reflection."

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