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9780826421814

Spinoza and the Stoics Power, Politics and the Passions

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    9780826421814

  • ISBN10:

    0826421814

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-06-17
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Summary

An important and original study of Spinoza's moral and political philosophy and his engagement with Stoicism.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations
Introduction                                                     
Chapter 1. The Foundation of Perfectionism    
            A. Pantheism and determinism                              
            B. Vital endeavor and the ground of virtue                
            C. The diagnosis of the passions                       
            D. A this-worldly salvation                                   Chapter 2. Psychotherapy and Virtue
            A. "What is in my power to do"                            
            B. Agreeing with nature                                       Chapter 3. The Sociality of Virtue
            A. Spinoza's critique of perfectionism     
            B. "Nothing is more advantageous to man than                     man"  
            C. Sociality and the diffusion of                 enlightenment                
Chapter 4. Stoic Political Reason
            A. Cosmopolis and political duty                  
            B. The predicament of politics              
            C. The apotheosis of the free man      
Chapter 5. Reason of State
            A. State of nature, nature of state                           
            B. Political right and the most natur

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