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Renowned for his metaphysics, Spinoza made significant contributions to understanding the human mind, the emotions, moral philosophy, and political philosophy.
Beginning with an overview of Spinoza's life, Michael Della Rocca carefully unpacks and explains Spinoza's philosophy: his metaphysics of substance and argument at the center of his whole system that God is the sole independent substance; his account of the human mind and its relation to the body; his theory that human beings tend towards self-preservation and his most famous work, the Ethics, including the problem of free will; and his writings on the state, religion and scripture.
Beginning with an overview of Spinoza's life, Michael Della Rocca carefully unpacks and explains Spinoza's philosophy: his metaphysics of substance and argument at the center of his whole system that God is the sole independent substance; his account of the human mind and its relation to the body; his theory that human beings tend towards self-preservation and his most famous work, the Ethics, including the problem of free will; and his writings on the state, religion and scripture.
Della Rocca concludes with a chapter on Spinoza's legacy and how modern philosophers, Hume, Hegel, and Nietzsche, responded to Spinoza's challenge. Ideal for those coming to Spinoza for the first time as well as those already acquainted with his thought, Spinoza is essential reading for anyone studying philosophy.
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Dmitriy Kalinin
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23 June 2018
Шикарнейшая монография по Спинозе, освещающая творчество этого философа всесторонне и глубоко, демонстрирующая, что Спиноза далеко не отжил свое, что его философия — это отличный и очень жизненный пантеизм, актуальный сегодня в полной мере. Автор стремится показать, что философия Спинозы основана на онтологическом принципе достаточного основания — принципе, которым современные философы пренебрегают, и это некая односторонность современной философии, которую следует превзойти. У автора замечательный язык. Он полноценный представитель аналитической философии, ясно и четко выражающий свои мысли и доводы. Жаль, другие его книги в Google Play стоят так дорого.
About the author
Michael Della Rocca is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Yale University. He is the author of Representation and the Mind Body Problem in Spinoza, and our numerous articles in early modern philosophy and contemporary metaphysics.
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