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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822740103321

Titolo

Spinoza : basic concepts / / edited by Andre Santos Campos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Exeter : , : Imprint Academic, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-84540-889-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Disciplina

199.492

Soggetti

Law - Philosophy

International law - Philosophy

Natural law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Body matter; Introduction, Andre Santos Campos; A Note on the Texts Used; God and the Attributes, Stephen Connelly; Immanence and Causation, Christopher P. Martin; Infinite Modes, Kristina Meshelski; Finite Modes, Sophie Lavéran; Time and Eternity, Fredrika Spindler; Teleology and Agreement in Nature, Andrea Sangiacomo; Reason and Knowledge, John Grey; Consciousness, Eugene Marshall; Theory of Conatus, Valtteri Viljanen; The Affects, Alexander Douglas; Virtue and Freedom, Heidi M. Ravven; Multitude, Ericka Tucker

The State: Spinoza's Institutional Turn, Sandra FieldDemocracy, Martin Saar; Language, Biblical Interpretation, and Philosophy, Guadalupe González Diéguez; Back matter; Bibliography; About the Contributors; Also available

Sommario/riassunto

Spinoza is among the most pivotal thinkers in the history of philosophy. He has had a deep and enduring influence on a wide range of philosophical subjects, and his work is encountered by all serious students of Western philosophy. His Ethics is one of the seminal works of metaphysical, moral, religious and political thought; his Theological-Political Treatise inaugurated a novel method of biblical exegesis; and both his political works developed the pre-eminence of democracy above all other regimes. Nevertheless, the significance of Spinoza's



philosophy is matched by its complexity. His syste