I just remembered this little book from oxford university press. It demonstrates that spinoza s intention was to free people from their unconscious and irrational passions so that they could learn to truly be themselves. Spinoza on the right way to live gary zabel like plato, aristotle, epicurus and most other ancient philosophers, spinoza sets for philosophy a very elevated goal, namely to guide human beings to the realization of their highest good, or as spinoza also puts it, the ultimate human perfection. The spinoza problem, by irvin yalom the washington post. For the past few years i have been looking for spinoza, sometimes in books, sometimes in places, and that is why i am here today. See all irvin yalom videos purchase signed irvin yalom books. How do you solve a problem like reading the ethics.
Signifying movement, nod or shake of ones head as a sign of assent or approbation, nutus, which appears in cicero, livy, lucretius. What should i read to learn about spinozas philososphy. Ive picked up spinoza s treatise and a book forged in hell. Spinoza s book of life leads the reader through the basic teachings of spinoza s ethics and his theologicalpolitical treatise. Ways into reading spinoza philosophical bibliotherapy. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The breadth and importance of spinoza s work was not fully realized until many years after his death. From the beginning the book was under constant attack of the clergy. As this is a very short introduction, too much attention was paid to the personal and historical background of spinoza in my opinion. Betraying spinoza the renegade jew who gave us modernity. Betraying spinoza the renegade jew who gave us modernity r.
A study of spinozas ethics by jonathan francis bennett. Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata, usually known as the ethics, is a philosophical treatise written in latin by baruch spinoza. Negri this 1 think as as a of ry rich fi gwgh on that of. Among the innumerable treasures the nazis stole from europe during world war ii was a collection of books displayed at the spinoza museum in.
Spinoza sethics spinozas ethics is one of the most remarkable, important, and difficult books in the history of philosophy. Baruch spinoza was a dutch philosopher of portuguese sephardi origin. In truth, yaloms explanation is speculation the spinoza problem could have been something else entirely. With a clear ignorance of the words used in the ethics, the content of spinoza s other works, bennett successfully sees the trees and completely misses the forest. Try not to get put off by the appearance of the geometrical method. This book was of great help to me to create a general overview of spinoza s thought, especially when reading spinoza s primary works on the side. Of all the philosophers of the seventeenth century, perhaps none have more relevance today than spinoza. This book differs from other introductory books on. We specialize in spinozana, christian hebraists, scholarly periodicals in the fields of judaica and biblestudies, german judaica, jewish. Spinoza s thought, it is not merely because there are sign of unity in his work, but further because his critics have found such an amazing diversity there. A curious pastime, as you can see, and one that i had never. Frierson spinoza s life and works1 1632 spinoza born to a portuguesejewish family living in amsterdam 1656 excommunicated from his synagogue and community by 1661 leaves amsterdam and moves to rijnsburg, works as a lensgrinder and writes. A life has recently been awarded the koret jewish book award. I will, however, offer the basic material so that the reader may judge whether i am right or not.
Consciousness, ideas of ideas and animation in spinozas ethics. Her drawings in chapter 1s, 5 and 6 depict spinoza s house o 727n 4 paviljoensgracht page 9 a, statue of spinoza page 16, the bac thk oef ne w church and spinoza s tomb in the hague page 19, the portugues synagogue ien amsterdam page 185, the house where spinoz livea d in rijnsburg page 233 a, bust of spinoza page. The human mind in spinozas ethics utrecht university repository. This is a guidebook to the ethics, the major work of the seventeenth century philosopher baruch spinoza. Bookplate biblioteca alfonso cassuto on first pastedown, his librarymark in. At a first look, you may open the book to find dry definitions, arcane axioms and a series of propositions, pareddown to provide an economical and rigorously argued logical progression from premises. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
I think hes only interesting historically, and i do not get why people rate his philosophy highly still. Member of the international league of antiquarian booksellers. Spinoza s allies in high places could not prevent the book from being banned, but for a long time they. Books by cariolato lexistence nue by alfonso cariolato paperback, published 2009 by transparence isbn. Baruch spinoza has 178 books on goodreads with 118128 ratings. All references to spinozas ethica in this thesis will be in the form of parts 1,2,3,4. By laying the groundwork for the 18thcentury enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, including modern conceptions of the self and, arguably, the universe, he came to be considered one of the great rationalists of 17thcentury philosophy. When nietzsche wept, lying on the couch, the schopenhauer cure, and the spinoza problem. Catalogue 106 spinozana antiquariaat spinoza amsterdam order.
The idea of god in spinozas philosophy a study about its definition, influences and impact based on the first part of ethics. This sweet little book really helped me understand spinoza s ethics. Goldstein march 28 april 1, 2011 alcohol can be made out of many things. What are the basic constituents of reality, and how do other less basic things depend on them. 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.
Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your first box. Spinoza on the right way to live offices and directory. Spinozas magnum opus, the ethics, was published posthumously in the year of his death. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Its also a pretty good condensed introduction to spinoza thats worth checking out. Spinoza,ethics revised21feb2015 3 nowiveintroducedimplicitlyanuancewithregardtoourcausaldependenceon god.
The collected works of spinoza, volume i and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. That said, yaloms book sparked my interest in spinoza. 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. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Uncorrected paperswallace matson 4 excellent essays on spinoza start there. It is difficult to separate the two, since the history of thought is history and, although it be a question of the philosophy of spinoza, the. A substance cant be produced by anything else by the corollary to 6, so it must be its own cause.
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