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In this work, Baruch Spinoza, one of the cardinal thinkers of all times, answers the eternal questions of man and his passions, and God and nature. In the deepest sense, this dictionary of Spinoza's philosophy is a veritable treasury of sublime wisdom. In his introduction, Dagobert D. Runes, a life-long student of the philosopher, sheds new light on Spinoza's private, political and religious life, and exposes and explains the dramatic story of his apostasy. If the reader despairs of the business of finding his way through Spinoza's works, here he will find a reliable guide speaking in Spin

What does it mean to think about, and with, Spinoza today? This collection, the first broadly interdisciplinary volume dealing with Spinozan thought, asserts the importance of Spinoza's philosophy of immanence for contemporary cultural and philosophical debates. Engaging with Spinoza's insistence on the centrality of the passions as the site of the creative and productive forces shaping society, this collection critiques the impulse to transcendence and regimes of mastery, exposing universal values as illusory. "Spinoza Now" pursues Spinoza's challenge to abandon the temptation to th

Samuel Newlands presents a sweeping new interpretation of Spinoza's metaphysical system and the way in which his metaphysics shapes, and is shaped by, his moral program. Engaging with contemporary metaphysics and ethics, Newlands reveals just how exciting and vibrant Spinoza's philosophical outlook remains for philosophers today

Abstract:According to Spinoza, there is no categorical distinction between human and non-human animals: they all belong to the same nature and all consist of bodies with corresponding ideas. This thesis gives rise to two problems. How is it possible to distinguish different types of animals, in particular nonrational and rational ones, if all of them have the same metaphysical structure? And why does Spinoza nevertheless claim that human beings have a privileged status that gives them the right to use non-rational animals? This paper examines these two problems, arguing that the solution to both of them lies in Spinoza's all-embracing naturalism.

Hauptbeschreibung Die vorliegende Studienausgabe basiert auf der historisch-kritischen Ausgabe Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi. Werke. Band 1. Wiedergegeben werden der Text Über die Lehre des Spinoza in den Briefen an Herrn Moses Mendelssohn (1785), die Erweiterungen der zweiten Auflage (1789) und der Vorbericht der dritten Auflage aus dem vierten Band der Werke Friedrich Heinrich Jacobis (1819) in orthographisch behutsam modernisierter Form. Der Anmerkungsteil gibt Erläuterungen zu Personen und bibliographische Angaben

Intro -- Spinoza -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Titles of Related Interest Available from Hackett Publishing -- CONTENTS -- Translator's Preface -- Introduction -- Chronology -- Editorial Notes -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect -- Short Treatise on God, Man, and His Well-Being -- Principles of Cartesian Philosophy and Metaphysical Thoughts -- Ethics -- Theological-Political Treatise -- Hebrew Grammar -- Political Treatise -- The Letters -- Index.