Nature And Necessity In Spinozas Philosophy

Author : Don Garrett
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190879998
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nature and Necessity in Spinoza's Philosophy written by Don Garrett and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-02 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spinoza's guiding commitment to the thesis that nothing exists or occurs outside of the scope of nature and its necessary laws makes him one of the great seventeenth-century exemplars of both philosophical naturalism and explanatory rationalism. Nature and Necessity in Spinoza's Philosophy brings together for the first time eighteen of Don Garrett's articles on Spinoza's philosophy, ranging over the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, ethics, and political philosophy. Taken together, these influential articles provide a comprehensive interpretation of that philosophy, including Spinoza's theories of substance, thought and extension, causation, truth, knowledge, individuation, representation, consciousness, conatus, teleology, emotion, freedom, responsibility, virtue, contract, the state, and eternity-and the deep interrelations among them. Each article aims to resolve significant problems in the understanding of Spinoza's philosophy in such a way as to make evident both his reasons for his views and the enduring value of his ideas. At the same time, Garrett's articles elucidate the relations between his philosophy and those of predecessors and contemporaries like Aristotle, Hobbes, Descartes, Locke, and Leibniz. Lastly, the volume offers important and substantial replies to leading critics on four crucial topics: the necessary existence of God (Nature), substance monism, necessitarianism, and consciousness.

Author : Matthew J. Kisner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139500090
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spinoza on Human Freedom written by Matthew J. Kisner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-10 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spinoza was one of the most influential figures of the Enlightenment, but his often obscure metaphysics makes it difficult to understand the ultimate message of his philosophy. Although he regarded freedom as the fundamental goal of his ethics and politics, his theory of freedom has not received sustained, comprehensive treatment. Spinoza holds that we attain freedom by governing ourselves according to practical principles, which express many of our deepest moral commitments. Matthew J. Kisner focuses on this theory and presents an alternative picture of the ethical project driving Spinoza's philosophical system. His study of the neglected practical philosophy provides an accessible and concrete picture of what it means to live as Spinoza's ethics envisioned.

Author : Michael LeBuffe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190845805
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spinoza on Reason written by Michael LeBuffe and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael LeBuffe explains claims about reason in Spinoza's metaphysics, theory of mind, ethics, and politics. He emphasizes the extent to which different claims build upon one another so contribute to the systematic coherence of Spinoza's philosophy.

Author : Jonathan Israel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139463616
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spinoza: Theological-Political Treatise written by Jonathan Israel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-05-03 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise (1670) is one of the most important philosophical works of the early modern period. In it Spinoza discusses at length the historical circumstances of the composition and transmission of the Bible, demonstrating the fallibility of both its authors and its interpreters. He argues that free enquiry is not only consistent with the security and prosperity of a state but actually essential to them, and that such freedom flourishes best in a democratic and republican state in which individuals are left free while religious organizations are subordinated to the secular power. His Treatise has profoundly influenced the subsequent history of political thought, Enlightenment 'clandestine' or radical philosophy, Bible hermeneutics, and textual criticism more generally. It is presented here in a translation of great clarity and accuracy by Michael Silverthorne and Jonathan Israel, with a substantial historical and philosophical introduction by Jonathan Israel.

Author : Valtteri Viljanen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139501461
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spinoza's Geometry of Power written by Valtteri Viljanen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work examines the unique way in which Benedict de Spinoza (1632–77) combines two significant philosophical principles: that real existence requires causal power and that geometrical objects display exceptionally clearly how things have properties in virtue of their essences. Valtteri Viljanen argues that underlying Spinoza's psychology and ethics is a compelling metaphysical theory according to which each and every genuine thing is an entity of power endowed with an internal structure akin to that of geometrical objects. This allows Spinoza to offer a theory of existence and of action - human and non-human alike - as dynamic striving that takes place with the same kind of necessity and intelligibility that pertain to geometry. Viljanen's fresh and original study will interest a wide range of readers in Spinoza studies and early modern philosophy more generally.

Author : James Martineau
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Study of Spinoza written by James Martineau and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents Spinoza’s life and philosophy specifically in logic theory, metaphysics, ethics’ doctrine, political doctrine, religion, and theology.

Author : Olli Koistinen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 019512815X
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spinoza written by Olli Koistinen and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume investigate several themes, notably Spinoza's monism, the nature of the individual, the relation between mind and body, and his place in 17th century philosophy.

Author : Roger Scruton
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415923903
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spinoza written by Roger Scruton and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ostracized by the Jewish community in Amsterdam into which he was born, Spinoza developed a political philosophy that set out to justify the secular State, ruled by a liberal constitution, and a metaphysics, according to which everything exists in God as a 'mode' of the divine substance, that sought to reconcile human freedom with a belief in scientific explanation. In this book Roger Scruton presents a clear and systematic analysis of Spinoza's thought, and shows its relevance to today's intellectual preoccupations.

Author : Harry Austryn Wolfson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Spinoza written by Harry Austryn Wolfson and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Benedictus de Spinoza
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Improvement of the Understanding written by Benedictus de Spinoza and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: