Ethics
Spinoza, Benedictus de
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
Published shortly after his death in 1677, Ethics is undoubtedly Spinozas greatest worka fully cohesive philosophical system that strives to provide a coherent picture of reality and to comprehend the meaning of an ethical life. Following a logical step-by-step format, it defines in turn the nature of God, the mind, human bondage to the emotions, and the power of understanding, moving from a consideration of the eternal to speculate upon humanitys place in the natural order, freedom, and the path to attainable happiness. A powerful work of elegant simplicity, Ethics is a brilliantly insightful consideration of the possibility of redemption through intense thought and philosophical reflection.
AUTHOR BIO
Benedict de Spinoza (16321677) was born in Amsterdam, where his orthodox Jewish family had fled from persecution in Portugal. Expelled from the synagogue for his heterodox philosophy, he identified God with nature and denied the possibility of an act of creation. Edwin Curley is professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan and editor and translator of Spinozas Collected Works. Stuart Hampshire has taught at University College London, Oxford, Princeton, and Stanford.
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The noblest and most lovable of the great philosophers ... ethically he is supreme. (Bertrand Russell)
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0140435719
ISBN(13-digit): 9780140435719
Copyright: 2005
Dewey Decimal: 170
Library of Congress: bl2009017203
Book Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 186
Paper Weight (lb): 0.36 lb
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