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The Philosophy of Spinoza (Paperback)
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The Philosophy of Spinoza (Paperback)
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Selections usually need no justifications. Some justification,
however, of the treatment accorded Spinoza's Ethics may be
necessary in this place. The object in taking the Ethics as much as
possible out of the geometrical form, was not to improve upon the
author's text; it was to give the lay reader a text of Spinoza he
would find pleasanter to read and easier to understand. To the
practice of popularization, Spinoza, one may confidently feel,
would not be averse. He himself gave a short popular statement of
his philosophy in the Political Treatise. The lay reader of
philosophy is chiefly, if not wholly, interested in grasping a
philosophic point of view. He is not interested in highly
meticulous details, and still less is he interested in checking up
the author's statements to see if the author is consistent with
himself. He takes such consistency, even if unwarrantedly, for
granted. A continuous reading of the original Ethics, even on a
single topic, is impossible. The subject-matter is coherent, but
the propositions do not hang together. By omitting the formal
statement of the propositions; by omitting many of the
demonstrations and almost all cross-references; by grouping related
sections of the Ethics (with selections from the Letters and the
Improvement of the Understanding) under sectional headings, the
text has been made more continuous. It is the only time, probably,
dismembering a treatise actually made it more unified.
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Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2012 |
First published: |
February 2012 |
Authors: |
Joseph Ratner
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
398 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4700-8412-7 |
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LSN: |
1-4700-8412-0 |
Barcode: |
9781470084127 |
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