Correspondence from a twovolume chief works collection. Samuel shirley, who translated spinoza s complete works into english, summed. Spinozas life, works, and philosophy the spinoza web. The best book for you will depend on your preferred learning style and the amount of time that you want to spend reading about spinoza. We find out why it was not only lifethreatening to have an unpopular opinion during the time spinoza lived, but also potentially very profitable. Answering this question would require writing at least one book, but i think that some more complex and nuanced version of what follows is at least the beginning of. Nor is this conflict limited to a distinct period in his life. The seven best books on or by spinoza the daily idea. Deleuze sees both spinoza and nietzsche as philosophers who saw the world in terms of power relations.
An 800page scholarly overview is unlikely to be best for someone looking for a short beginnerfriendly introduction, for example. Livre philosophie spinoza achat vente livres philosophie. I recommend this to any who wish to understand western philosophy. Such fear he considers to be a passive emotion, or affection, which is a bondage to pain, symptomatic of our impotence and. Spinoza entertained several views as to what the real self is. Spinozas theoretical philosophy is one of the most radical attempts to construct a pure ontology with a single infinite substance.
Spinoza is quoted approvingly for instance, by deleuze in his expressionism in philosophy. Next, we discuss the concept of substance and what spinoza thought the only. But the aim of their study is in each case the same. The intellectual love of wisdom is the true god, who is the immanent reality. Baruch spinoza s philosophy encompasses nearly every area of philosophical discourse, including metaphysics, epistemology, political philosophy, ethics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science. Spinoza and by andre garcia duttman to the effect that the free man is the one who thinks about, or fears, death the least. Uncorrected paperswallace matson 4 excellent essays on spinoza start there. Spinoza s ancestors were persecuted in the spanish inquisition, moving to portugal and then to holland, which showed more toleration.
Spinoza s theoretical philosophy is one of the most radical attempts to construct a pure ontology with a single infinite substance. I can see how spinoza inspired the likes of thomas payne, and albert einstein, with his appeals to reason, and the intellect. This page contains a list of the best books on or by spinoza. Baruch spinoza 16321677, is a dutch philosopher and has written the following works. The quest for omega complexity and the limits of mathematics paul m. We begin by asking ourselves whether or not stephens english bulldog charlie is part of god, and analyzing the implications of our answer. G reat artists probe the central issues of the human condition, yet in a different way than do.
The dutch philosopher baruch spinoza was one of the foremost exponents of seventeenth century rationalism and an early figure of the enlightenment. It earned spinoza an enduring reputation as one of the most important and original thinkers of the seventeenth century. His magnum opus, ethics 1677, opposed descartes philosophy of mindbody dualism, earning spinoza recognition as one of western philosophy s most important thinkers. Spinoza, rejecting any divine transcendence, identifies and merges god and the nature. Nietzsche, spinoza, and the ethological conception of ethics. A great little book on spinoza is deleuzes spinoza. He find within spinoza many similarities to nietzsche. The philosopher and the scientist emphasize different features of the world, follow different interests and inspire different passions in the soul. Baruch spinoza has 178 books on goodreads with 118128 ratings. Should you want one or two copies of that very work now in the press, he writes to his londonbased correspondent. Spinozas ancestors were persecuted in the spanish inquisition, moving to portugal and then to holland, which showed more toleration.
Also included are selections from other works by spinoza, chosen by curley to make the ethics easier to understand, and a substantial introduction that gives an overview of. In what ways are the philosophies of spinoza and nietzsche. On this episode of the podcast, we continue learning about spinoza, this time focusing on his concept of god. Just to be clear, there is no single best book on spinoza. This book, which presents spinozas main ideas in dictionary form, has as its subject the opposition between ethics and morality, and the link between ethical and ontological propositions. The ethics spinoza s main work, is exposed as is a treatise on geometry. Sep 01, 2014 on this episode of the podcast, we continue learning about spinoza, this time focusing on his concept of god. Spinoza in a letter of july 1727 july 1663, promised henry oldenburg to send him soon either a printed copy of renati des cartes principiorum philosophiae pars i et ii. This book, which presents spinoza s main ideas in dictionary form, has as its subject the opposition between ethics and morality, and the link between ethical and ontological propositions. I have it 4 stars because of the 17th century wiring style, which makes it a laborious read, but over all a very interesting book.