Pierre-Francois Moreau

Experience and Eternity in Spinoza (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Through a detailed study of Spinoza's concept of 'experience', Moreau shows how Spinoza extends the power of reason to domains frequently seen as irrational, from common life to history, language to the passions. Where previously Spinoza's thought was identified exclusively with the geometrical method, Moreau demonstrates that by mobilising his unique account of 'experience', Spinoza is able to capture the singularity of individuals, their lives, languages, passions and societies. With readings of each of Spinoza's most famous works, from the Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect to the Ethics, and also minor writings such as the Hebrew Grammar, Moreau renews our understanding of Spinoza's philosophy by showing us how his geometrical and experiential methods operate simultaneously. Finally, this new vision of Spinoza's philosophy illuminates the enigmatic experience of eternity mentioned in Book V of Spinoza's Ethics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474438919
• Artikelnr.: 72412879

Autorenporträt

Pierre-François Moreau is Professor of Philosophy at L'Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, He is a world-renowned specialist in Spinoza. He is the author of Spinoza: L'expérience et l'éternité (1994), Spinoza: Etat et religion (2005) and Problèmes du spinozisme (2006), along with numerous other books and articles on Spinoza, Greek philosophy, early modern philosophy, the history of humanism and the methodology of the history of philosophy. Robert Boncardo is Tutor in the School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Sydney. He completed his doctorate in French Studies at the University of Sydney and Aix-Marseille Université.

Inhaltsangabe

Abbreviations
Translator's Introduction: Can't Stop the Feeling (of Being Eternal)
Introduction
Part I: Certitudo, The Journey of Philosophy
1. The Status of the Prologue
2. The Stages of Certainty
3. Common Life and Perishable Gods
4. The True Good
5. The 'Animus' and Love
6. The Circles of Experience
Part II
7. Determinations and Limits of Experience
8. Fields of Experience: Language
9. Fields of Experience: The Passions
10. Fields of Experience: History
Part III: A Metaphysical Experience?
11. An Experience of Forms? 12. The Soul and the Body
13. The Experience of Eternity
Conclusion: The Constitution of Spinoza's System
An Infinite Internal to the Finite: An Interview with Pierre-François Moreau on Experience and Eternity in Spinoza.