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With meticulous scholarship and an accurate, highly readable translation, this volume sheds light not only on Spinoza's debt to Descartes but also on the development of Spinoza's own thought. Appearing for the first time in English translation, Lodewijk Meyer's inaugural dissertation on matter (1683)--relevant for its comments on Descartes, Spinoza, and other thinkers of the time--is appended with notes and a short commentary. Cross-references to Descartes's Principles of Philosophy are provided in an index, and there is an extensive bibliography

Since their publication in 1982, Samuel Shirley's translations of Spinoza's Ethics and Selected Letters have been commended for their accuracy and readability. Now with the addition of his new translation of Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect this enlarged edition will be even more useful to students of Spinoza's thought. "Professor Shirley has provided a translation which is fluent, eminently readable, and responsive to current research into Spinoza's thought. Where a particular passage is difficult or obscure, Shirley never attempts to interpose himself between the reader and S

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.