LEADER 03015nam 22006134a 450 001 9910777849503321 005 20230617001908.0 010 $a1-281-72165-4 010 $a9786611721657 010 $a0-300-12849-5 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300128499 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471843 035 $a(EBL)3420112 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000249806 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11219627 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000249806 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10246438 035 $a(PQKB)10988654 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000165621 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420112 035 $a(DE-B1597)485116 035 $a(OCoLC)1023999377 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300128499 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420112 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170802 035 $a(OCoLC)923590138 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471843 100 $a20030205d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSpinoza's book of life$b[electronic resource] $efreedom and redemption in the ethics /$fSteven B. Smith 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-300-10019-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 203-215) and indexes. 327 $aThinking about the ethics -- Thinking about God -- Thinking about thinking -- Thinking about desire -- Thinking about politics -- Thinking about love -- The authority of reason. 330 $aMost readers of Spinoza treat him as a pure metaphysician, a grim determinist, or a stoic moralist, but none of these descriptions captures the author of the Ethics, argues Steven B. Smith in this intriguing book. 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.Two aspects of Smith's book distinguish it from other studies. It treats the famous "geometrical method" of the Ethics as a form of moral rhetoric, a model for the construction of individuality. And it presents the Ethics as a companion to Spinoza's major work of political philosophy, the Theologico-Political Treatise, each work helping to explore the problem of freedom. Affirming Spinoza's centrality for both critics and defenders of modernity, the book will be of value to students of political theory, philosophy, and intellectual history. 606 $aFree will and determinism$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aEthics, Modern$y17th century 615 0$aFree will and determinism$xHistory 615 0$aEthics, Modern 676 $a170 700 $aSmith$b Steven B.$f1951-$01165431 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777849503321 996 $aSpinoza's book of life$93845491 997 $aUNINA