Spinoza

by Della Rocca; Michael

• ISBN13: 9780415283304
• ISBN10: 0415283302
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2008-08-20
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Spinoza (1632-77) was one of the towering philosophers of the seventeenth century, described by Bertrand Russell as "the noblest and most lovable of all the great philosophers". His work investigated some of the deepest questions of philosophy and whilst renowned for his metaphysics, he also made significant contributions to understanding the human mind, the emotions, moral philosophy, and political philosophy.

Author Biography

Michael Della Rocca is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Yale University. He is the author of Representation and the Mind-Body Problem in Spinoza, and of numerous articles in early modern philosophy and contemporary metaphysics

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. x
Editions Used and Abbreviations	p. xi
Chronology	p. xiii
Spinoza's Understanding and Understanding Spinoza	p. 1
Spinoza's Understanding
Understanding Spinoza
Summary
Further Reading
The Metaphysics of Substance	p. 33
Descartes on Substance
Spinoza Contra Descartes on Substance
The Argument for Substance Monism
Modes
Necessitarianism
The Purpose of It All
Summary
Further Reading
The Human Mind	p. 89
Parallelism and Representation
Essence and Representation
Parallelism and Mind-Body Identity
The Idea of the Human Body
The Pancreas Problem, the Pan Problem, and Panpsychism
Nothing but Representation
Representation, Will, and Belief
Skepticism
Summary
Further Reading
Psychology: Striving and Self-preservation	p. 137
Conatus
Desire, Joy, and Sadness
Love, Hate, and All That
Summary
Further Reading
The Ethics of the Ethics	p. 175
The Good Notion of the Good
The Right Notion of the Right
Knowledge and Morality
Freedom and Morality
Helping Others
Lies and Degrees of Freedom
Summary
Further Reading
The State, Religion, and Scripture	p. 206
Rights and Power
Religion and the State
Scripture
Prophecy and the Truth of the Bible
Summary
Further Reading
From PSR to Eternity	p. 254
Summary
Further Reading
The Atermath of Spinoza	p. 275
Leibniz
Bayle and Hume
The Pantheism Controversy
Hegel
Nietzsche
Prospects of Spinozistic Rationalism
Summary
Further Reading
Glossary	p. 314
Notes	p. 318
Bibliography	p. 327
Index	p. 333
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