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Ethics

Spinoza

Edited and translated by G. H. R. Parkinson

Price: £16.99 (paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-875214-1
Publication date: 16 March 2000
368 pages, 234x156 mm
Series: Oxford Philosophical Texts
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''Thanks to sound methodology and fidelity to the orignal text, this will be an invaluable asset to the scholar.' Bulletin Spinoziste' -

Description

Part of the successful Oxford Philosophical Texts series
Extensive introduction and notes make this the ideal edition for students of Ethics
Written by widely known and well respected Spinoza scholar
New translation of this classic work

The Oxford Philosophical Texts series consists of authoritative teaching editions of canonical texts in the history of philosophy from the ancient world down to modern times. Each volume provides a clear, well laid out text together with a comprehensive introduction by a leading specialist, giving the student detailed critical guidance on the intellectual context of the work and the structure and philosophical important of the main arguments and explain unfamiliar references and terminology, and a full bibliography and index are also included.

The series aims to build up a definitive corpus of key texts in the Western philosophical tradition, which will from a reliable and enduring resource for students and teachers alike.

Spinoza's Ethics is one of the classical texts of philosophy but is also one of the most difficult to understand because of the author's use of rigorous logical deduction and the geometrical framework within which his ideas are set. In Ethics , he discusses the nature of human beings and the way in which a rational person might live; the nature of God; and offers an account of true freedom and how it can be attained.

This latest text in the Oxford Philosophical Texts series includes a new, lucid translation of the Ethics by G.H.R. Parkinson along with a comprehensive guide to the understanding of Spinoza's work. An extensive introduction includes: a short biography of Spinoza himself; the form of his writing including his own particular uses of definitions; an introductory guide through the philosophy of Ethics ; and a summary of the contents of Ethics itself. Further aids include a glossary of terms, extensive notes to the text.

Readership: This text is intended for use in upper-level undergraduate students of Ethics and scholars interested in 17th Century thought.

Contents

Part 1: Introductory Material

How to Use This Book

List of Abbreviations

Editor's Introduction

1. Life and Works

2. 'Demonstrated in Geometrical Order'

3. The Starting-Points of Ethics : Axioms, Postulates, and Definitions

4. Substance and Attributes

5. The Modes of Extension

6. The Modes of Thought

7. Causation and Necessity

8. Truth and the Kinds of Knowledge

9. Conatus

10. The Emotions

11. The Moral Philosophy of the Ethics

12. The Influence of the Ethics

Selected Bibliography

A Summary of Spinoza's Ethics

Notes on the Transition

Part 2: The Text

Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order

Part One: On God

Part Two: On the Nature and Origin of the Mind

Part Three: On the Origin and Nature of Emotions

Part Four: On Human Servitude, or On the Strength of Emotions

Part Five: On the Power of the Intellect, or On Human Freedom

Part 3: Supplementary Material

Glossary

Notes to the Ethics

Index of References

Index of Names and Subjects

Authors, editors, and contributors

Spinoza
Edited and translated by G. H. R. Parkinson, Professor of Philosophy, University of Reading

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