Brings together Spinoza's philosophical thinking and his conclusions about God and religion.
A bold reevaluation of Spinoza that reveals his powerful, inclusive vision of religion for the modern age Spinoza is widely regarded as either a God-forsaking atheist or a God-intoxicated pantheist, but Clare Carlisle says that he was ...
Based on the text Spinoza's Short treatise on God, man and his well-being, translated by Dr. A. Wolf from the Dutch [version of the author's Tractatus de Deo et homine]
Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise (1670) is one of the most important philosophical works of the early modern period.
An analytical discussion and overview of Spinoza focussing specifically on the role of God in his seminal work, the Ethics.
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Spinoza on God
... the most distinctly destructive contradiction of the things that follow from God comes to play the role of a constructive contradiction in God. While all the things that follow from God are contradicted and destroyed by an external ...
Written in an engaging style this book makes Spinoza's often forbiddingly technical philosophy accessible to contemporary readers interested in knowing more about Spinoza's views on morality, and who may even be looking to this famous ...
Approaching the central themes of Spinoza's thought from both a historical and analytical perspective, this book examines the logical-metaphysical core of Spinoza's philosophy, its epistemology and its ramifications for his much disputed ...
Offering a new reading of Spinoza's masterpiece, Smith asserts that the 'Ethics' is a celebration of human freedom and its attendant joys and responsibilities and should be placed among the great founding documents of the Enlightenment.