Spinoza's Ethics: An Introduction

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Author(s): Steven Nadler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2006

Language: English
Commentary: More best quality

Half-title
Series-title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
CHAPTER 1 Spinoza’s life and works
A JEWISH MERCHANT OF AMSTERDAM
CHEREM
A PHILOSOPHER IN THE COUNTRY
FROM ETHICS TO POLITICS
CALM AND TURMOIL IN THE HAGUE
FINAL YEARS
CHAPTER 2 The geometric method
SEARCH FOR A METHOD
PHILOSOPHICAL TRUTH AND GEOMETRICAL EXPOSITION
THE ELEMENTS
Definitions
Axioms
Propositions
CHAPTER 3 On God: substance
SUBSTANCE, ATTRIBUTE, AND MODE
“THERE CANNOT BE TWO OR MORE SUBSTANCES OF THE SAME NATURE” (IP5)
SUBSTANCE IS NECESSARILY EXISTING, ETERNAL, AND INFINITE
“EXCEPT GOD, NO SUBSTANCE CAN BE OR BE CONCEIVED”
GOD AND THINGS
GOD OR NATURE
CHAPTER 4 On God: necessity and determinism
CAUSAL NECESSITY
INFINITE MODES
FINITE MODES
DETERMINISM AND NECESSITARIANISM
DIVINE FREEDOM
MIRACLES
PANTHEIST OR ATHEIST?
CHAPTER 5 The human being
PARALLELISM
MIND AND BODY
MONISM
DUALISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS
CHAPTER 6 Knowledge and will
IDEAS
TRUTH AND ADEQUACY
WAYS OF KNOWING
FREEDOM AND THE WILL
CHAPTER 7 The Passions
PSYCHOLOGIA GEOMETRICA
ACTION AND PASSION
‘CONATUS’
AFFECTS
THE PASSIONS
EGOISM
ACTIONS
CHAPTER 8 Virtue and “the free man”
GOOD AND EVIL
AFFECT VS. AFFECT
VIRTUE
“THE FREE MAN”
ETHICS
SOCIETY AND THE STATE
CHAPTER 9 Eternity and blessedness
MODERATING THE PASSIONS
LOVE OF GOD
THE ETERNITY OF THE MIND
BLESSEDNESS
References
Index