Although it was published posthumously in 1677, it is his most famous work, and. We publish works in the fields of philosophy, religion, and ethics by past and contemporary authors who have something significant to say about the human. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sureyou are above everything distressing. The best book for you will depend on your preferred learning style and the amount of time that you want to spend reading about spinoza. Just to be clear, there is no single best book on spinoza. The ethics by baruch spinoza, free pdf, ebook global grey. Ethics is a philosophical book written by baruch spinoza. The noblest and most lovable of the great philosophers. Baruch spinoza books list of books by author baruch spinoza. More than simply recounting the story of spinozas life, the book takes the reader right into the heart of jewish amsterdam in the seventeenth century and, with spinozas exile from judaism, right into the midst of the tumultuous political, social, intellectual and religious world of the young dutch republic. Land seorsum repetita classic reprint, and more on.
Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Ex editione operum quoquot reperta sunt quam curaverant j. Spinozas magnum opus, the ethics, was published posthumously in the year of his death. Spinoza tried to replace the bible with a scientificallybased ethical system. His thought combines a commitment to a number of cartesian metaphysical and epistemological principles with elements from ancient stoicism, hobbes, and medieval jewish rationalism into a nonetheless highly original system. Of all the philosophers of the seventeenth century, spinoza is among the most relevant today. Practical philosophy by gilles deleuze, looking for spinoza. The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
An 800page scholarly overview is unlikely to be best for someone looking for a short beginnerfriendly introduction, for example. Considered one of the great rationalists of 17thcentury philosophy, spinozas posthumous masterpiece ethics, in which he opposed descartess mindbody dualism, has earned him recognition as one of western philosophys most important thinkers. See all books authored by baruch spinoza, including the portable atheist. The first part of the book addresses the relationship between god and the universe. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. The 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 originallanguage texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the philosophers work this first volume contains spinoza s single most important work, the ethics, and. Improvement of the understanding, ethics and correspondence. The seven best books on or by spinoza the daily idea. Spinoza s scandalous treatise and the birth of the secular age. Baruch spinoza was a dutch philosopher of portuguese sephardi origin.
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