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Ethics By Benedict De Spinoza (Paperback, 1996)
A profoundly beautiful and uniquely insightful description of the universe Benedict de Spinoza&s Ethics is one of the masterpieces of Enlightenment-era philosophy This Penguin Classics edition is edited and translated from the Latin by Edwin Curley with an introduction by Stuart Hampshire Published shortly after his death the Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza&s greatest work - an elegant fully cohesive cosmology derived from first principles providing a coherent picture of reality and a guide to the meaning of an ethical life Following a logical step-by-step format it defines in turn the nature of God the mind the emotions human bondage to the emotions and the power of understanding - moving from a consideration of the eternal to speculate upon humanity&s place in the natural order the nature
of freedom and the path to attainable happiness A powerful work of elegant simplicity the Ethics is a brilliantly insightful consideration of the possibility of redemption through intense thought and philosophical reflection The Ethics is presented in the standard translation of the work by Edwin Curley This edition also includes an introduction by Stuart Hampshire outlining Spinoza&s philosophy and placing it in context Baruch Spinoza (1632-77) later known as Benedict de Spinoza was born in Amsterdam where his orthodox Jewish family had fled from persecution in Portugal Ethics was published in 1677 after his death and his influence spread to the nineteenth century inspiring the Romantic poets winning the respect of Flaubert and Matthew Arnold and moving George Eliot who admired him as the
enemy of superstition and the hero of scientific rationalism to begin a translation of his works If you enjoyed Ethics you might like Rene Descartes& Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings also available in Penguin Classics &The noblest and most lovable of the great philosophers ethically he is supreme&Bertrand Russell
of freedom and the path to attainable happiness A powerful work of elegant simplicity the Ethics is a brilliantly insightful consideration of the possibility of redemption through intense thought and philosophical reflection The Ethics is presented in the standard translation of the work by Edwin Curley This edition also includes an introduction by Stuart Hampshire outlining Spinoza&s philosophy and placing it in context Baruch Spinoza (1632-77) later known as Benedict de Spinoza was born in Amsterdam where his orthodox Jewish family had fled from persecution in Portugal Ethics was published in 1677 after his death and his influence spread to the nineteenth century inspiring the Romantic poets winning the respect of Flaubert and Matthew Arnold and moving George Eliot who admired him as the
enemy of superstition and the hero of scientific rationalism to begin a translation of his works If you enjoyed Ethics you might like Rene Descartes& Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings also available in Penguin Classics &The noblest and most lovable of the great philosophers ethically he is supreme&Bertrand Russell
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