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Spinoza's Book of Life - Freedom and Redemption in the Ethics (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R2,550
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Spinoza's Book of Life - Freedom and Redemption in the Ethics (Hardcover, New): Steven B. Smith

Spinoza's Book of Life - Freedom and Redemption in the Ethics (Hardcover, New)

Steven B. Smith

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Most 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.

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Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: November 2003
First published: November 2003
Authors: Steven B. Smith
Dimensions: 210 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 256
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-300-10019-8
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General
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LSN: 0-300-10019-1
Barcode: 9780300100198

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