The only single edition of the Spinoza corpus available in English, this volume features Samuel Shirley's pre-eminent translations of Ethics; Theological-Political Treatise; Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect; Metaphysical Thoughts; The Letters; Principles of Cartesian Philosophy; and Political Treatise. Also includes The Short Treatise on God, Man, and His Well-Being, and Hebrew Grammar. Michael Morgan provides a general Introduction that places Spinoza in Western philosophy and culture, and sketches the philosophical, scientific, and religious moral and political dimensions of Spinoza's thought. Brief introductions to each work give succinct historical and philosophical overviews. A bibliography and index are also included.
Author(s): Benedictus de Spinoza
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 989
Contents......Page 3
Translators Preface......Page 5
Introduction......Page 7
Chronology......Page 15
Editorial Notes......Page 19
Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect......Page 23
Short Treatise on God, Man, and His Well-Being......Page 53
Principles of Cartesian Philosophy and Metaphysical Thoughts......Page 130
Ethics......Page 235
Theological-Political Treatise......Page 405
Hebrew Grammar......Page 606
Political Treatise......Page 698
The Letters......Page 777
Index......Page 983
