The Collected Works of Spinoza, Volume II (eBook)

Benedictus de Spinoza (Autor)

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2016
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-7360-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The second and final volume of the most authoritative English-language edition of Spinoza's writingsThe Collected Works of Spinoza provides, for the first time in English, a truly satisfactory edition of all of Spinoza's writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the original-language texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the philosopher's work.The centerpiece of this second volume is Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise, a landmark work in the history of biblical scholarship, the first argument for democracy by a major philosopher, and a forceful defense of freedom of thought and expression. This work is accompanied by Spinoza's later correspondence, much of which responds to criticism of the Theological-Political Treatise. The volume also includes his last work, the unfinished Political Treatise, which builds on the foundations of the Theological-Political Treatise to offer plans for the organization of nontyrannical monarchies and aristocracies.The elaborate editorial apparatus-including prefaces, notes, glossary, and indexes-assists the reader in understanding one of the world's most fascinating, but also most difficult, philosophers. Of particular interest is the glossary-index, which provides extensive commentary on Spinoza's technical vocabulary.A milestone of scholarship more than forty-five years in the making, The Collected Works of Spinoza is an essential edition for anyone with a serious interest in Spinoza or the history of philosophy.

Autor

Edwin Curley is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Michigan. His books include A Spinoza Reader, Behind the Geometrical Method: A Reading of Spinoza's "Ethics," and Spinoza's Metaphysics. He is also the author of Descartes Against the Skeptics and the editor of an edition of Hobbes's Leviathan. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.6.2016
• Übersetzer: Edwin Curley
• Zusatzinfo: 6 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
• Schlagworte: absurdity • Allusion • Ambiguity • aristocracy • Atheism • Baruch Spinoza • Bible • book of Deuteronomy • Book of Judges • Books of Chronicles • Books of Kings • books of Samuel • Calculation • Calvinism • Certainty • Christianity • Christian mortalism • Conceptions of God • Consideration • Credulity • Criticism • Democracy • divine law • Doctrine • ecclesiastes • edict • Edition (book) • Elijah • Elohim • Excommunication • existence of god • Explanation • Falsity • freedom of thought • Glossary • God • Good and evil • good faith • hatred • Hebrews • Heresy • Hugo Grotius • hypothesis • Idolatry • Judaism • Law of Moses • levite • love of God • Loving-Kindness • Maimonides • Masoretic Text • mercenary • Monarchy • Mr. • Multitude • Natural and legal rights • New Testament • Niccolò Machiavelli • Nobility • Of Miracles • Old Testament • Omnipotence • Paganism • Paragraph • Patriarchs (Bible) • pharisees • Philosopher • Philosophy • Phrase • piety • Political Philosophy • Precept • Prediction • Preface (liturgy) • Pretext • prima facie • Probability • Prophecy • Protestantism • Religion • religious text • Ruler • Slavery • Social Contract • Sovereignty • State of nature • Suggestion • Superstition • terence • The Book of the Law • Theology • The Other Hand • Thomas Hobbes • Thought • treatise • Understanding • Universalism • Usage • wickedness • Writing
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-7360-6 / 1400873606
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-7360-9 / 9781400873609