Steven Nadler (Madison University of Wisconsin)

Spinoza's Ethics

An Introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this 2006 book, Nadler explains the doctrines and arguments of the Ethics and examines the philosophical background to Spinoza's thought and the dialogues in which Spinoza was engaged. He shows why Spinoza's endlessly fascinating ideas may have been so troubling to his contemporaries, as well as why they are still highly relevant today.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 415g
• ISBN-13: 9780521544795
• ISBN-10: 0521544793
• Artikelnr.: 20909803

Autorenporträt

Steven Nadler is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is author of Spinoza: A Life (1999) and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Malebranche (2000).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. Spinoza's life and works; 2. The geometric method; 3. On God: substance; 4. On God: necessity and determinism; 5. The human being; 6. Knowledge and will; 7. The passions; 8. Virtue and'the free man'; 9. Eternity and blessedness.

Rezensionen

'This is an excellent introduction to the Ethics, which will appeal to readers from a variety of backgrounds and which, at the same time, makes a substantial contribution to Spinoza scholarship.' Philosophy Reviews