Baruch spinoza has 178 books on goodreads with 118128 ratings. Spinoza in 90 minutes philosophers in 90 minutes series by paul strathern and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. This was the first complete biography of spinoza in any language and is based on detailed archival research. Rejecting both the mindbody dualism of descartes and traditional religious views about god and the universe, spinoza s philosophy was groundbreaking in its radical understanding of the relationship between the human person and the divine, the nature of moral action, and the relativization of the. Benedict spinoza was a 17th century philosopher and spiritual psychotherapist. In the event things got worse, and spinoza gave up the idea of publishing the ethics, believing that it would create such a cloud of hostility as to obscure, in the minds even of reasonable people, the real meaning of its arguments. Among philosophers, spinoza is best known for his ethics, a monumental work that presents an ethical vision.
His life and philosophy have long attracted the attention of. Riproduzione fotografica integrale a cura e con prefazione di filippo mignini e nota introduttiva di pina totaro. Spinozas ethics by spinoza abebooks shop for books. Vanderbilt libraries acquire three of spinozas book. I had read and reread, spinoza selections edited by john wild but my understanding never got beyond the rational level. This intellectual selfhelp book provides important insights from spinozas system of thought in a format accessible to the general reader, as well as to those already familiar with his philosophy. Baruch spinoza 16321677 was one of the most important philosophers of all time.
Philosophy as a way of life clare carlisle opinion. 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. Edwin curleys, the collected works of spinoza, vol i 1985, princeton u press is this kind of scholarship. The novel is a masterpiece, depicting the ultimate triumph of clear and compassionate reason over religious dogma and political pathology alike. Giovanni licata 2010 rivista di storia della filosofia 65 1. Spinozas most famous and provocative idea is that god is.
Of all the philosophers of the seventeenth century, spinoza is among the most relevant today. Spinozas books, along with other special works of the period, will be on display march 12 in the special collections library. Spinozas magnum opus, the ethics, was published posthumously in the year of his death. I had been an academic, turned prison guard, diagnosed with ptsd.
A curious pastime, as you can see, and one that i had never. The spinoza problem is a ringing endorsement for an authentically philosophical life, wherein a toweringly heroic philosopher is persecuted in two eras. Spinozas most famous and provocative idea is that god is not the creator of the world, but that the world is part of god. Read the philosophy of spinoza by joseph ratner available from rakuten kobo. Project gutenberg offers 61876 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone.
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