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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 t...

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Main Author: Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677 (Author)
Other Authors: Curley, E. M. 1937- (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Latin
Published: London ; New York : Penguin Books, 1996.
Series: Penguin classics.
Subjects:
Ethics, Modern > 17th century.
Ethics > Early works to 1800.
Philosophy > Early works to 1800.
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.
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: Benedict de Spinoza was born in Amsterdam in 1632, where his orthodox Jewish family had fled from persecution in Portugal. Spinoza was expelled from the synagogue for his heterodox philosophy, and earned his living as an optical-lens grinder. He identified God with nature and denied the possibility of an act of creation. Ethics was published in 1677 after his death and explored a doctrine which inspired the Romantic poets.


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.

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