Ethics
"Published shortly after his death in 1677, Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza? s greatest work: a 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 na...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Latin |
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London ; New York :
Penguin Books,
1996.
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| Series: | Penguin classics.
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| Summary: | "Published shortly after his death in 1677, Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza? s greatest work: a 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 humanity's 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."--Page 4 of cover. |
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| Item Description: | "This translation first published in the USA in A Spinoza reader by Princeton University Press 1994"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | xix, 186 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page xvii) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780140435719 0140435719 |
| Author Notes: | Edwin Curley is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan and editor and translator of Spinoza's Collected Works. Stuart Hampshire was elected a Fellow of All Souls in 1936 and was a tutor in philosophy. He has held numerous presitigious academic posts. |
