Except for that lamentable limitation, it is exactly what you are looking for. Philosophy as a way of life clare carlisle opinion. Naturally, the denial of teleology also affects spinozas moral philosophy. Spinozas political philosophy is scattered in three books, the theologicopolitical treatise, the ethics and the political treatise. Benedict spinoza, by birth a jew and then a deserter from judaism, and finally an atheist, was a native of amsterdam. He made the controversial claim that there is only one substance in the universe, which led him to the pantheistic belief in an abstract, impersonal god. The original series was started in 2008 and although the audio was poor and the drawings were terrible, i had teachers contacting me to ask if they could use the. Spinozas ethics is one of the most difficult books in philosophy. A first look at its main principles could bring the uninformed reader to believe that it is the same as hobbess. Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. The philosophy of spinoza and over 8 million other books are available. In what ways are the philosophies of spinoza and nietzsche. Going back to the classic scholarship of the previous generation, consider bennetts a study of spinozas ethics.
The philosophy of spinoza baruch spinoza, joseph ratner on. Spinoza on miracles graeme hunter department of philosophy, university of ottawa, ottawa, ontario k1n 6ns, canada a longstanding critical consensus dating back to the seventeenth century has it that spinoza denies the existence of miracles in chapter six of his tractatus theologicopoliticus. Baruch spinoza has 178 books on goodreads with 118128 ratings. Ambitious in its subject matter as critical spinoza all traditional philosophical conceptions of god, of man and the universe. A great little book on spinoza is deleuzes spinoza.
He find within spinoza many similarities to nietzsche. Today is the birthday of the philosopher benedict spinoza books by this author, born in amsterdam in 1632. Those with no background whatsoever in philosophy may hit some bumps, but the text should remain surmountable nonetheless. Spinozas theoretical philosophy is one of the most radical attempts to construct a pure ontology with a single infinite substance. Although the ethics can be difficult, spinoza himself is not always.
Spinozas philosophy can be used to undermine the pretensions of. Although, according to debrabander, spinoza shares with the stoics his idea of virtue as cognitive therapy with which i agree, he ultimately denies that spinoza is a moral perfectionist, on the ground that according to spinoza moral perfection is impossible pp. There are good modern translations of spinozas main works by. The two books ive read that helped me get a very broad overview of the major topics in philosophy are. Start reading principles of cartesian philosophy on your kindle in under a minute. Uncorrected paperswallace matson 4 excellent essays on spinoza start there. I have spoken of wonder simply because it is customary to speak of certain emotions springing from the three primitive ones by different names, when they are referred to the. All there is, is god clare carlisle being infinite and eternal, god has no boundaries, argues spinoza, and everything in the world must exist within this god. Leibniz judged spinoza to be an outstanding microscopist. Spinoza has created a philosophy within which one can discover an unbreakable chain of reasoning, if they are willing to give up all their emotional attachments to accepted preconceptions and seriously study all the works of spinoza with an open mind. The last in a trilogy of books that investigates the philosophical and scientific foundations of. Start reading the philosophy of spinoza on your kindle in under a minute. Benedict spinoza and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Deleuze sees both spinoza and nietzsche as philosophers who saw the world in terms of power relations. If you can read french, gueroults spinoza is peerless scholarship on the philosopher, but perhaps not the best if youre looking just for an introduction. This book, which presents spinozas main ideas in dictionary form, has as its subject the opposition between ethics and morality, and the link between ethical and ontological propositions. On mans wellbeing ultimately, for what it is an easier read of spinozas work its an. Spinoza was the descendent of portuguese jews who immigrated to the netherlands seeking religious tolerance. Young spinoza studied hebrew, the old testament, the talmud, and cabalas traditions of mysticism and miracle. Ambitious in its subject matter as critical spinoza all traditional philosophical conceptions of god. Improvement of the understanding, ethics and correspondence. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. A guide for the perplexed will help almost anyone gain a highlevel yet detailed view of spinozas achievement. Peter davis also has three minute takes on descartes.
He teaches and writes on early modern philosophy and philosophy of religion, with a specific focus on descartes, spinoza and kant. Spinozas ethics opens with such a heady and original metaphysics that critics and scholars often get ensnared in the rich tangle of questions raised in parts i and ii. Over the last three years, much of what the guardian holds dear has been. The philosophy of spinoza by baruch spinoza and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Pull up a stool as i take you through another fascinating, often painful, rapidfire journey through the history of philosophy. It is notoriously obscure, as spinoza invents a variety of new terms and attempts to layout the book like a geometric proof. At this period in philosophical history, philosophers were extremely impressed both with geometry and the physics of newton and leibniz. Perhaps no other single aspect of spinozas philosophy distinguishes spinoza from the medievalists as thoroughly as does his use of the geometrical order of exposition. Three minute philosophy is a weekly comic educational video series by australian writer s peter davis that explores the history and ideas of philosophy in easy to digest language. Although acknowledged as difficult, the book is widely taught in philosophy, literature, history, and politics. Spinozasethics spinozas ethics is one of the most remarkable, important, and difficult books in the history of philosophy.
The ethics spinozas main work, is exposed as is a treatise on geometry. In accordance with the wishes of his father he studied theology, but soon showed a decided preference for free philosophical speculation. Spinozas ethics by beth lord 9780253222046 paperback. Ethics spinozapart 3 wikisource, the free online library. He is the author of many papers on spinoza, of the god of spinoza cambridge, 1997 and of before logic suny, 2000. For this 17th century outsider, philosophy is like a spiritual practice.
Principles of cartesian philosophy and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. What should i read to learn about spinozas philososphy. The philosophy of spinoza alfred weber b aruch benedict spinoza,1 spinosa, or despinoza, was born at amsterdam, in 1632, of portuguese jewish parents, who were, it seems, in good circumstances. First edition in english, city lights books, 1988 cover. Spinoza tried to replace the bible with a scientificallybased ethical system. This reissuing of the philosophy of spinoza provides the reader with selections from the most important works of spinoza and shows the daring scope of this visionary philosophers thought. This introduction is designed to be read side by side with spinozas work. Karolik collection book design by patricia fujii library of congress cataloginginpublication data deleuze, gilles. The project gutenberg ebook of the philosophy of spinoza. Baruch spinoza was a 17th century dutch philosopher who laid the foundations for the enlightenment. Spinozas short treatise on god, man, and human welfare. In this book, spinoza argues that the way to blessedness or salvation for. Indeed, so much scholarly attention has been lavished on spinozas metaphysics that it is easy to forget what the title of spinozas magnum opus so clearly announces.
Richard mason is a fellow of wolfson college and tutor in philosophy at madingley hall, cambridge. A religious model of disobedience continuum, 2007 and, more recently, kants critique of spinoza oxford. About sophiaomni pressthis text is published by sophiaomni press. Podcast for kids nfb radio 101 sermon podcast pauping off all steak no sizzle podcast church of the oranges daily chapel spring 2012. The ethics spinoza s main work, is exposed as is a treatise on geometry. Omri boehm joined the nssr philosophy department in 2010. He was a systematic atheist whose method was new, although he shared the fundamentals of his doctrine with several other ancient and modern philosophers, both european and oriental. Sophiaomni is an independent press founded by educators to expand the domain of human wisdom. The original series was started in 2008 and although the audio was poor and the drawings were terrible, i had teachers contacting me to ask if they could.
His ethics is an ethology, rather than a moral science. In the event things got worse, and spinoza gave up the idea of publishing the ethics, believing that it would create such a cloud of hostility as to obscure, in the minds even of reasonable people, the real meaning of its arguments. Ambitious also by spinoza because his method is to demonstrate the truth about god, about nature, man, religion and the good life. However, the german philosopher awarded the major honours to three other men, namely jan swammerdam, marcello malpighi, and antony van leeuwenhoek 16321723.
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