This book is the fruit of twenty-five years of study of Spinoza by
the editor and translator of a new and widely acclaimed edition of
Spinoza's collected works. Based on three lectures delivered at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1984, the work provides a useful
focal point for continued discussion of the relationship between
Descartes and Spinoza, while also serving as a readable and
relatively brief but substantial introduction to the "Ethics" for
students. "Behind the Geometrical Method" is actually two books in
one. The first is Edwin Curley's text, which explains Spinoza's
masterwork to readers who have little background in philosophy.
This text will prove a boon to those who have tried to read the
"Ethics," but have been baffled by the geometrical style in which
it is written. Here Professor Curley undertakes to show how the
central claims of the "Ethics" arose out of critical reflection on
the philosophies of Spinoza's two great predecessors, Descartes and
Hobbes.
The second book, whose argument is conducted in the notes to the
text, attempts to support further the often controversial
interpretations offered in the text and to carry on a dialogue with
recent commentators on Spinoza. The author aligns himself with
those who interpret Spinoza naturalistically and
materialistically.
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