Dialogues with fifteen leading philosophers, and confessions of a philosopher. A first look at its main principles could bring the uninformed reader to believe that it is the same as hobbess. Spinoza, by roger scruton spinoza a life, by steven nadler. Jul 31, 2005 the political treatise, spinoza s final work, is a largely theoretical inquiry into the fundamental principles of political philosophy. At a time of zealotry, spinoza matters more than ever aeon. This type of passive mind that spinoza writes about in the earlier books of the ethics is a state of. Spinoza, however, insists that sharing the same essence is su cient for identity. The seven best books on or by spinoza the daily idea. Ways into reading spinoza philosophical bibliotherapy. Improvement of the understanding, ethics and correspondence. Bryan magee talks to anthony quinton about spinoza and. 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. The story of philosophy is a facinating and highly informative introduction to the history of western philosophy.
We publish works in the fields of philosophy, religion, and ethics by past and contemporary authors who have something significant to say about the human. Seligman, author of flourish the spinoza problem is a ringing endorsement for an authentically philosophical life, wherein a toweringly heroic philosopher is persecuted in two eras. 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 spinoza s life and the main themes of his philosophy. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of spinozas work was not fully realized until years after his death. Baruch spinozas philosophy encompasses nearly every area of philosophical discourse, including metaphysics, epistemology, political philosophy, ethics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science. Story of philosophy by bryan magee and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Just to be clear, there is no single best book on spinoza. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The reader is presented with a living debate engaged by firstrate scholars, who come to grips with the ideas of a philosopher seen as one of the few founders of the modern mind. Anthony quinton and bryan magee august 26, 2010 by mark linsenmayer 1 comment we talked a bit on ep 24 about spinoza s relationship to leibniz, and heres the first of a series of videos that gives more detail on that relationship.
Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Here is a spinoza both hauntingly emblematic and deeply human, both heretic and heroa. The story of philosophy by bryan magee, 1998, dk pub. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Buy the philosophy of schopenhauer by magee, bryan isbn. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Baruch spinoza shelved 23 times as spinoza avg rating 4. All our modern philosophers, though often perhaps unconsciously, see through the glasses which baruch spinoza ground. An introduction to western philosophy, talking philosophy.
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Spinozas scandalous treatise and the birth of the secular age hardcover. Buy ethics penguin classics new ed by spinoza, benedict, hampshire, stuart, curley, edwin isbn. Spinozas scandalous treatise and the birth of the secular age 2011, the philosopher, the priest, and the painter. The story of philosophy, bryan magee covering every major philosopher from plato to popper, via saint augustine locke and nietzsche, explore these great thinkers in their historical context and learn the influences that shaped their lives and work. 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. Improvement of the understanding the ethics a spinoza reader.
Books by baruch spinoza baruch spinoza average rating 4. The twentyfive articles collected for this anthology display a wide range of interpretations to central themes in spinoza s philosophy. Bryan edgar magee was a noted british broadcasting personality, politician, poet, and author, best known as a popularizer of philosophy. Bryan magee and anthony quinton discuss the 17th18th century philosophers spinoza and leibniz. Entertainingly written, more like a historical novel than a serious biography, with a short preface by einstein. Both were rationalists who developed elaborate philosophical systems out of. To appreciate why spinoza might be attracted to such an account. This format allows the book to be used as a point reference on a single thinker or school of thought, but also reads well from cover to cover as the story of thought. The collected works of spinoza provides, for the first time in english, a truly satisfactory edition of all of spinoza s writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the originallanguage texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the philosophers work. The living thoughts of spinoza, by arnold zweig on spinoza, by diane steinberg. The collected works of spinoza provides, for the first time in english, a truly satisfactory edition of all of spinoza s writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the originallanguage texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the philosophers work this first volume contains spinoza s single most important work, the ethics, and. Bryan magee obituary by henry hardy for wolfson college 26 july 2019 bryan magee. Mar 28, 2011 according to spinoza, the true order and connection of ideas is known not through experience and habit, but through reason. Although it was published posthumously in 1677, it is his most famous work, and is considered his magnum opus.
Leibniz sees the real world as consisting of an infinity of things purely spiritual, where everything, including space, is a phenomenona byproduct of areal world with an infinite array of spiritual centers. Thus, according to spinoza, the mind and the body are identical because they share the same essence, even though the mind only thinks and the body only moves. Bryan magee has been one of the most successful englishlanguage popularisers of philosophy in the 20th century. Spinoza now is an important addition to a new strand of literature on philosopher baruch spinoza. Jul 26, 2019 bryan edgar magee was a noted british broadcasting personality, politician, poet, and author, best known as a popularizer of philosophy. Spinozas theory of attributes stanford encyclopedia of. Spinoza s political philosophy is scattered in three books, the theologicopolitical treatise, the ethics and the political treatise. In betraying spinoza, rebecca newberger goldstein sets out to rediscover the fleshandblood man often buried beneath the veneer of rigorous rationality and to provide a comprehensive cultural and religious context for the formation of his ideas. The collected works of spinoza provides, for the first time in english, a truly satisfactory edition of all of spinozas writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the originallanguage texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the philosophers work this first volume contains spinozas single most important work, the ethics, and. It is written in a way that is understandable to readers new to the subject, while not being dumbed down. Worldrenowned philosopher and professor bryan magee expertly.
Bryan magee talks to anthony quinton about spinoza and leibniz. Now updated and with a fresh new look, the highly successful the story of philosophy traces more than 2,500 years of western philosophy, from plato and aristotle in ancient greece to saint augustine and medieval philosophy, the golden century of german philosophy, bertrand russell and albert camus of the modern era, and much more. The best book for you will depend on your preferred learning style and the amount of time that you want to spend reading about spinoza. Great philosophers, episode 5, bryan magee talks to anthony. The new spinoza articulates that presence, making the influence and significance of spinoza perfectly clear for a new generation of philosophy. This brings us back to the deductive, geometrical structure of the ethics. The philosophy of schopenhauer by magee, bryan and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. A life, an introduction to spinozas ethics spinozas ethics. Published on aug 30, 2016 bryan magee and anthony quinton discuss the 17th18th century philosophers spinoza and leibniz.
Spinoza books showing 150 of 185 ethics paperback by. Baruch spinoza was born to portuguese jews living in exile in holland, but his life among the marranos there was often unsettled. One of the early thinkers of the enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, including modern conceptions. He attended keble college, oxford where he studied history as an undergraduate and then philosophy, politics and economics in one year. 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. He has taught philosophy at oxford university, and written numerous other books on the subject, including the great philosophers. Spinoza s most famous and provocative idea is that god is not the creator of the world, but that the world is part of god. It earned spinoza an enduring reputation as one of the most important and original thinkers of the seventeenth century. It is a strong collection of essays that are individually thoughtprovoking and collectively coherent, giving the widest possible overview of the interesting. His acknowledged masterpiece, a book entitled ethics but in fact dealing with the whole.
Of all the philosophers of the seventeenth century, spinoza is among the most relevant today. Despite an early rabbinical education, he was expelled from the synagogue at amsterdam for defending heretical opinions in 1656. The collected works of spinoza provides, for the first time in english, a truly satisfactory edition of all of spinozas writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the originallanguage texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the philosophers work. Spinoza is the only thinker to both espouse and explicate the existence and operation of the human mind. The false dichotomy between objective and subjective interpretations of spinozas theory of attributes, british journal for the history of philosophy, 173. He is considered one of the great rationalists of 17thcentury philosophy and, by virtue of his magnum opus the ethics, one of the definitive. Samuel shirley, who translated spinozas complete works into english, summed. An 800page scholarly overview is unlikely to be best for someone looking for a short beginnerfriendly introduction, for example.
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