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. Yalom imaginative and erudite sums up the spinoza problem a therapist and a professor of psychiatry at stanfords school of medicine, irvin d. 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. The spinoza problem, by irvin yalom washington post. There are different kinds of friendship but for spinoza genuine friendship can only occur among those who pursue the truth. Spinozas scandalous treatise and the birth of the secular age princeton. The spinoza problem, by irvin yalom the washington post. Spinozas magnum opus, the ethics, was published posthumously in the year of his death. Seligman, author of flourish the spinoza problem is a ringing endorsement for an authentically philosophical life, wherein a toweringly heroic philosopher is persecuted in two eras. Spinoza selections by edited by john wild abebooks. Buy ethics penguin classics new ed by spinoza, benedict, hampshire, stuart, curley, edwin isbn. Of all the philosophers of the seventeenth century, spinoza is among the most relevant today. To spinoza, innate ideas do in fact justify the existence of god, but not necessarily of freewill. Improvement of the understanding, ethics and correspondence.
Baruch spinoza 16321677, is a dutch philosopher and has written the following works. The intellectual love of wisdom is the true god, who is the immanent reality. Spinoza biography by margaret gullanwhur spinozaauthor. Friendships have always been one of the most valuable assets in the lives of human beings, and friendships were of utmost importance to spinoza. New book on spinoza, causal determinism and moral formation. Offering a new reading of spinoza s masterpiece, smith asserts that the ethics is a celebration of human freedom and its attendant joys and responsibilities and should be placed. I also read his other books on spinoza, youll like his way of explaining. We publish works in the fields of philosophy, religion, and ethics by past and contemporary authors who have something significant to say about the human. 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. All our modern philosophers, though often perhaps unconsciously, see through the glasses which baruch spinoza ground. The twentyfive articles collected for this anthology display a wide range of interpretations to central themes in spinoza s philosophy.
Books by baruch spinoza baruch spinoza average rating 4. Spinoza, causal determinism and moral formation by johan dahlbeck education and free will critically assesses and makes use of spinozas insights on human freedom to construe an account of education that is compatible with causal determinism without sacrificing the educational goal of increasing students autonomy and selfdetermination. The ethics, on the improvement of the understanding, and a theologicopolitical treatise all four p. Last week, i suggested that a mode is something like a wave on the sea, being a dependent, transient part of a far greater. The ethics spinozas main work, is exposed as is a treatise on geometry. For spinoza, however, human beings are not substances, but finite modes. Improvement of the understanding the ethics doesnt come here anymore shows inez at the peak of her talents, in a stunning tourdeforce that may be the most impassioned yet controlled work of her illustrious career. Baruch spinoza shelved 24 times as spinoza avg rating 4. A life of spinoza jonathan cape 1998 hardback isbn 022405046x a biography of the 17thcentury philosopher, including a vivid historical picture of the dutch golden age. The omission is doubly strange considering that he typically gets bland and solemn respecthe was either an unparalleled genius, or a buffoon, but its hard for me to see something in between. Entertainingly written, more like a historical novel than a serious biography, with a short preface by einstein. Spinoza 1st edition michael della rocca routledge book. 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. So in the summer of 1930, amid his sailing and ruminations in caputh, he composed a credo, what i believe, that he recorded for a humanrights group and.
Spinoza for our time extends and reflects back upon the trilogy of longer, mosaiclike sometimes guernicalike, in their kaleidoscopic ambition. Last week, i suggested that a mode is something like a wave on the sea. His books include rembrandts jews, which was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. 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. 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. Spinozas scandalous treatise and the birth of the secular age 2011, the philosopher, the priest, and the painter. Improvement of the understanding the ethics spinoza. Baruch spinoza has 177 books on goodreads with 118405 ratings. Baruch spinoza was born to portuguese jews living in exile in holland, but his life among the marranos there was often unsettled. The new spinoza articulates that presence, making the influence and significance of spinoza perfectly clear for a new generation of philosophy. Spinozas most famous and provocative idea is that god is not the creator of the world, but that the world is part of god.
Uncorrected paperswallace matson 4 excellent essays on spinoza start there. Ways into reading spinoza philosophical bibliotherapy. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. It was written between 1661 and 1675 1 and was first published posthumously in 1677. Buy a cheap copy of a spinoza reader book by baruch spinoza. When i am at home, i will only enter a synagogue for the bar or bat mitzvah of a friends child, or in order to have a debate with the faithful. 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. This brings us back to the deductive, geometrical structure of the ethics. Hay ii professor of philosophy at the university of wisconsinmadison.
If you want to study spinoza, this is the first book id advise you to read. Spinoza books showing 150 of 185 ethics paperback by. 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. Also, a good book which unintendedly summarizes history of jews immigrating from spain and prtugal to nederlands in 14th and 15th century. Einstein shares his belief in spinozas god einstein tried to express these feelings clearly, both for himself and all of those who wanted a simple answer from him about his faith.
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 spinoza s life and the main themes of his philosophy. When i was to be wed, i chose a rabbi named robert goldburg, an einsteinian and a shakespearean and a spinozist, who had married arthur miller to marilyn. Mar 28, 2011 according to spinoza, the true order and connection of ideas is known not through experience and habit, but through reason. Feb 01, 2003 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Martin lin, university of toronto, canada this is an exciting, interesting, and highlyreadable book on spinoza. 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.
Ethics spinoza, benedict, hampshire, stuart, curley. Help us create the kind of literary community youve always dreamed of. Spinoza, rejecting any divine transcendence, identifies and merges god and the nature. 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. Examining freewill through spinoza and descartes inquiries. Most of it consists of an analytic discussion of spinoza s ideas and how they were interpreted and misinterpreted by later commentators.
Yalom is the author of several professional works and a novelist who has introduced three different philosophers into his fictionfirst nietzsche, then schopenhauer and now spinoza. It is a strong collection of essays that are individually thoughtprovoking and collectively coherent, giving the widest possible overview of the interesting. Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata, usually known as the ethics, is a philosophical treatise written in latin by baruch spinoza. 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 themes of his. The collected works of spinoza provides, for the first time in english, a truly satisfactory edition of all of spinozas 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 spinozas single most important work, the ethics, and. The collection shows her voice to be as vivacious, smart, and fiery as ever, now with a seasoned wisdom and compassion thats absolutely beguiling. Spinoza selections by spinoza, edited by john wild and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. In this paper i will 1 point out what spinoza means by the truth, 2 show how friendships are possible even though there is.
Despite an early rabbinical education, he was expelled from the synagogue at amsterdam for defending heretical opinions in 1656. Nelson his book is held in high regard by philosophers, and its easy to understand why. Project gutenberg offers 61,918 free ebooks to download. The collected works of spinoza, volume i princeton. Among philosophers, spinoza is best known for his ethics, a monumental work that presents an ethical vision. Nadler is one of the best living spinoza interpretors. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Mar 07, 2011 for spinoza, however, human beings are not substances, but finite modes. Della rocca has succeeded in making spinozas notoriously difficult thought accessible to a general audience without sacrificing any of the conceptual complexity and rigors that makes spinoza such a good philosopher. Online shopping from a great selection at books store.