The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza
The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza

Author: Don Garrett

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1995-10-27

Total Pages: 483

ISBN-13: 1139824988

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Benedict (Baruch) de Spinoza has been one of the most inspiring and influential philosophers of the modern era, yet also one of the most difficult and most frequently misunderstood. Spinoza sought to unify mind and body, science and religion, and to derive an ethics of reason, virtue, and freedom 'in geometrical order' from a monistic metaphysics. Of all the philosophical systems of the seventeenth century it is his that speaks most deeply to the twentieth century. The essays in this volume provide a clear and systematic exegesis of Spinoza's thought informed by the most recent scholarship. They cover his metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of science, psychology, ethics, political theory, theology, and scriptural interpretation, as well as his life and influence on later thinkers.

The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza's Ethics
The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza's Ethics

Author: Olli Koistinen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-08-31

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 1139827650

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Since its publication in 1677, Spinoza's Ethics has fascinated philosophers, novelists, and scientists alike. It is undoubtedly one of the most exciting and contested works of Western philosophy. Written in an austere, geometrical fashion, the work teaches us how we should live, ending with an ethics in which the only thing good in itself is understanding. Spinoza argues that only that which hinders us from understanding is bad and shows that those endowed with a human mind should devote themselves, as much as they can, to a contemplative life. This Companion volume provides a detailed, accessible exposition of the Ethics. Written by an internationally known team of scholars, it is the first anthology to treat the whole of the Ethics and is written in an accessible style.

The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza
The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza

Author: Don Garrett

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-10-28

Total Pages: 495

ISBN-13: 1107096162

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An extensively updated guide to all aspects of Spinoza's philosophy written by leading scholars of his work and influence.

The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza's Ethics
The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza's Ethics

Author: Olli Koistinen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-08-31

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 0521853397

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This book is a detailed and accessible look at one of the most exciting and contested works of Western philosophy.

A Companion to Spinoza
A Companion to Spinoza

Author: Yitzhak Y. Melamed

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2021-07-06

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 1119538645

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An unparalleled collection of original essays on Benedict de Spinoza's contributions to philosophy and his enduring legacy A Companion to Spinoza presents a panoramic view of contemporary Spinoza studies in Europe and across the Anglo-American world. Designed to stimulate fresh dialogue between the analytic and continental traditions in philosophy, this extraordinary volume brings together 53 original essays that explore Spinoza's contributions to Western philosophy and intellectual history. A diverse team of established and emerging international scholars discuss new themes and classic topics to provide a uniquely comprehensive picture of one of the most influential metaphysicians of all time. Rather than simply summarizing the body of existing scholarship, the Companion develops new ideas, examines cutting-edge scholarship, and suggests directions for future research. The text is structured around six thematically-organized sections, exploring Spinoza's life and background, his contributions to metaphysics and natural philosophy, his epistemology, politics, ethics, and aesthetics, the reception of Spinoza in the work of philosophers such as Kant, Schelling, Schopenhauer, and Hegel, and more. This unparalleled research collection combines a timely overview of the current state of research with deep coverage of Spinoza's philosophy, legacy, and influence. Part of the celebrated Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series, A Companion to Spinoza is an ideal text for advanced courses in modern philosophy, intellectual history, and the history of metaphysics, and an indispensable reference for researchers and scholars in Spinoza studies.

The Cambridge Companion to Leo Strauss
The Cambridge Companion to Leo Strauss

Author: Steven B. Smith

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-05-11

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1139828258

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Leo Strauss was a central figure in the twentieth century renaissance of political philosophy. The essays of The Cambridge Companion to Leo Strauss provide a comprehensive and non-partisan survey of the major themes and problems that constituted Strauss's work. These include his revival of the great 'quarrel between the ancients and the moderns,' his examination of tension between Jerusalem and Athens, and most controversially his recovery of the tradition of esoteric writing. The volume also examines Strauss's complex relation to a range of contemporary political movements and thinkers, including Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Max Weber, Carl Schmitt, and Gershom Scholem, as well as the creation of a distinctive school of 'Straussian' political philosophy.

The Cambridge Companion to Malebranche
The Cambridge Companion to Malebranche

Author: Steven Nadler

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2000-07-03

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 9780521627290

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This Companion contains specially commissioned essays addressing Malebranche's thought comprehensively and systematically.

The Cambridge Companion to Descartes
The Cambridge Companion to Descartes

Author: John Cottingham

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1992-09-25

Total Pages: 540

ISBN-13: 1139824910

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Descartes occupies a position of pivotal importance as one of the founding fathers of modern philosophy; he is, perhaps the most widely studied of all philosophers. In this authoritative collection an international team of leading scholars in Cartesian studies present the full range of Descartes' extraordinary philosophical achievement. His life and the development of his thought, as well as the intellectual background to and reception of his work, are treated at length. At the core of the volume are a group of chapters on his metaphysics: the celebrated 'Cogito' argument, the proofs of God's existence, the 'Cartesian circle' and the dualistic theory of the mind and its relation to his theological and scientific views. Other chapters cover the philosophical implications of his work in algebra, his place in the seventeenth-century scientific revolution, the structure of his physics, and his work on physiology and psychology.

The Cambridge Companion to Einstein
The Cambridge Companion to Einstein

Author: Michel Janssen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-05-19

Total Pages: 579

ISBN-13: 0521828341

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These fourteen essays by leading historians and philosophers of science introduce the reader to the work of Albert Einstein. Following an introduction that places Einstein's work in the context of his life and times, the essays explain his main contributions to physics in terms that are accessible to a general audience, including special and general relativity, quantum physics, statistical physics, and unified field theory. The closing essays explore the relation between Einstein's work and twentieth-century philosophy, as well as his political writings.