Spinozas ethics is a wideranging treatise that touches on almost every major area of philosophy. When the boldness of his ideas strains the bounds of amsterdams professed tolerance, it leads to a dangerous confrontation between powerful political forces and. The spinoza problem, by irvin yalom washington post. But spinoza, a favorite son of the community and the rabbis heir apparent, is a revolutionary thinker. Spinoza was born on november 24, 1632 and given the jewish. Other significant contributions have included existential psychotherapy, and ny times bestseller loves executioner and other tales of psychotherapy. Popular spinoza books showing 150 of 186 ethics paperback by. This is hardcore science, a pioneering venture into the neurophysiology of feelings. The new spinoza articulates that presence, making the influence and significance of spinoza perfectly clear for a new generation of philosophy. Spinoza is the only thinker to both espouse and explicate the existence and operation of the human mind. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws.
Looking for spinoza by damasio, antonio and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Published shortly after his death, the ethics is undoubtedly spinozas. Damasios looking for spinoza may pose as an excursion into philosophical abstractions, a reiteration of spinozas monism in an updated format. There seem to be few philosophical problems of any importance that do not find. Ethics, demonstrated in geometrical order usually known as the ethics, is a philosophical. Baruch, mirjam, and gabriel were born to mi chael and debora. The spinoza problem, by irvin yalom the washington post. Also included are selections from other works by spinoza, chosen by curley to make the ethics easier to understand, and a substantial introduction that gives an overview of spinozas life and the main. Heine the multitudes, ever prone to superstition, and caring more for the shreds of antiquity than for eternal truths, pays homage to the books of the bible, rather than to the word of god. The living thoughts of spinoza, by arnold zweig on spinoza, by diane steinberg. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
Whereas studies of spinoza in english have emphasized the logic of the ethics, these essays instead focus on the marginal and developmental moments that have had such a profound effect on french thought. Buy spinozas political and ethical philosophy by robert alexander duff online at alibris. Psychiatrist and author irvin yalom, md has been a major figure in the field of psychotherapy since he first wrote the theory and practice of group psychotherapy in 1970 now in its 5th edition. The spinoza problem by irvin d yalom fantastic fiction. The spinoza problem is a highly intriguing exploration of the connections between a jewish philosopher and a nazi ideologue. Be that as it may, spinozas fundamental insight in book one is that nature. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of spinozas work was not fully realized until years after his death. Spinoza now is an important addition to a new strand of literature on philosopher baruch spinoza.
Spinozas political and ethical philosophy by robert. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Two children, isaac and rebecca, were born to michael and rachel. Spinozas father, miguel, and his uncle, manuel, then moved to amsterdam where they reassumed their judaism.
It was written between 1664 and 1665 and was first published in 1677. Hij was ook actief als dichter, als toneel en hoorspelschrijver, en hij schreef tevens biografieen en essays. Irvin yalom does a masterful job in bringing to life spinoza and his philosophy and connecting it to the apocalyptic history of nazi germany and the persona of alfred rosenberg. Baruch spinoza was a dutch philosopher of portuguese sephardi origin. Il problema spinoza free pdf, chm, fb3, txt books library. When his rabbi offered him a pension to stop writing and tow the line he replied, i thank you for the trouble you took teaching me hebrew and ill return the favor by teaching you excommunication a man much misunderstood in his time, though time the great healer has now rectified that.
It presents, in spinozas famous geometric method, his radical. In the spinoza problem, irvin yalom has given us a suspenseful and meaningful novel spanning nearly three centuries and depicting how philosophy and wisdom can spur evil counterresponses that can continue for centuries. Yalom saw narrative potential in the psychoanalytic method. To follow damasio into this untamed territory is no easy feat.
Whatever negris reasons for calling him an anomaly, i would argue the most likely reason is that spinoza was the only great philosopher who took the new, scientific way of thinking completely seriously, even down to its most. Spinoza has created a philosophy within which one can discover an unbreakable chain of reasoning, if they are willing to give up all their emotional attachments to accepted preconceptions and seriously study all the works of spinoza with an open mind. Buy spinoza s political and ethical philosophy by robert alexander duff online at alibris. Spinoza, by roger scruton spinoza a life, by steven nadler. Synopsis baruch spinoza 16321677 was one of the most important philosophers of all time. Yalom explores the mindsets of two men separated by 300 years. Baruch spinoza shelved 24 times as spinoza avg rating 4. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of spinoza s work was not fully realized until years after his death.
We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Spinozasethics spinozas ethics is one of the most remarkable, important, and difficult books in the history of philosophy. This is the first complete biography of spinoza in any language and is based on detailed archival research. Among philosophers, spinoza is best known for his ethics, a monumental work that presents an ethical vision. Next part 2 this etext was produced by tom sharpe this is the plain. Yalom tells the story of the seventeenthcentury thinker baruch spinoza, whose philosophy led to his own excommunication from the jewish community, alongside that of the rise and fall of the nazi ideologue alfred rosenberg, who two hundred years later during. Feb 01, 2003 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The anomaly was not that spinoza was the only one of the great thinkers of the early modern age who was not a christian. Also included are selections from other works by spinoza, chosen by curley to make the ethics easier to understand, and a substantial introduction that gives an overview of. By imagining the unexpected intersection of spinozas life with rosenbergs, internationally bestselling novelist irvin d. Goldstein argues that the trauma of the inquisition s persecution of its forced jewish converts plays itself out in. Jun 14, 2001 spinoza, was one of the first in biblical criticism, and for his pains, was excommunicated. Buy ethics penguin classics new ed by spinoza, benedict, hampshire, stuart, curley, edwin isbn.
One of the early thinkers of the enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, including modern conceptions. The idea of god in spinozas philosophy a study about its definition, influences and impact based on the first part of ethics. Spinoza has long intrigued me, and for years ive wanted to write about this valiant seventeenthcentury thinker, so alone in the worldwithout a family, without a communitywho authored books that truly changed the world. He worked on the ethics, wrote an unfinished hebrew grammar, began his political treatise, wrote two scientific essays on the rainbow and on the calculation of chances, and began. On the emendation of the understanding would have been a great masterpiece of human logic.
The book is perhaps the most ambitious attempt to apply the method of euclid in philosophy. Help us create the kind of literary community youve always dreamed of. Spinozas short treatise on god, man, and human welfare. Uncorrected paperswallace matson 4 excellent essays on spinoza start there. All our modern philosophers, though often perhaps unconsciously, see through the glasses which baruch spinoza ground. Infinite notes are eternal serve to characterize the unchanging nature of. Using his skills as a psychiatrist, he explores the inner lives of spinoza, the saintly secular philosopher, and of rosenberg, the godless mass murderer. Rejecting both the mindbody dualism of descartes and traditional religious views about god and the universe, spinozas philosophy was groundbreaking in its radical understanding of the relationship between the human person and the divine, the nature of moral action, and the relativization of the. Among the innumerable treasures the nazis stole from europe during world war ii was a collection of books displayed at the spinoza museum in. It is a strong collection of essays that are individually thoughtprovoking and collectively coherent, giving the widest possible overview of the interesting work being done on spinoza today. I shall, then, treat of the nature and strength of the emotions, and the minds power over them, by the same method as i have used in.
In betraying spinoza, rebecca goldstein sets out to rediscover the fleshandblood man often hidden beneath the veneer of rigorous rationality, and to crack the mystery of the breach between the philosopher and his jewish past. Rejecting both the mindbody dualism of descartes and traditional religious views about god and the universe, spinozas philosophy was groundbreaking in its radical understanding of the relationship between the human person and the divine, the nature of moral action, and the. His books were later added to the catholic churchs index of forbidden books. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices.
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