Theres a new literary celebrity in town, and his name is baruch spinoza rachel kadishs the weight of ink is like a. 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. Consider this, the atoms in your body could have been in a rose petal a few 100 years ago. This research guide will connect you to reference works, print books and ebooks. 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.
The two tales amount to a mystery novel, although it is a mystery of a very cerebral kind. Baruch spinoza was born to portuguese jews living in exile in holland, but his life among the marranos there was often unsettled. Among the innumerable treasures the nazis stole from europe during world war ii was a collection of books displayed at the spinoza museum in rijnsburg, holland. Understandng the life of spinoza will give us some insights on the context in. The water molecule which just entered your mouth could have been above the pacific ocean a few months.
Irvin yalom does a masterful job in bringing to life spinoza and his philosophy and connecting it to the apocalyptic history of nazi germany and the persona of alfred rosenberg. The order of the roman catholic church which you so greatly praise, i confess, is politic and lucrative to many. Improvement of the understanding, ethics and correspondence. Help us create the kind of literary community youve always dreamed of. Spinoza now is an important addition to a new strand of literature on philosopher baruch spinoza. Although the reception of phenomenology gave rise to many innovative developments in french philosophy, from existentialism to deconstruction, not everyone in france was pleased with this german import. The award is the highest scientific award in the netherlands. Nov 08, 2015 we kickoff our series of videos dedicated to spinoza s philosophy with a short biography of the dutch philosopher. We kickoff our series of videos dedicated to spinozas philosophy with a short biography of the dutch philosopher. Baruch spinoza has 177 books on goodreads with 118405 ratings. The spinoza problem, by irvin yalom washington post.
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 noblest and most lovable of the great philosophers. The essays collected in this volume suggest that what applies to althusser applies to his whole generation that spinoza is an unsuspected but very real presence in the work of contemporary philosophers from deleuze and lacan to foucault and derrida. Dec 12, 2014 spinoza would have only disdain for both emersons poetic raptures and nietzsches frequent sallies against the authority of reason. It is a strong collection of essays that are individually thoughtprovoking and collectively coherent, giving the widest possible overview of the interesting. 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. Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata, usually known as the ethics, is a philosophical treatise written in latin by baruch spinoza.
Spinozas magnum opus, the ethics, was published posthumously in the year of his death. Books by baruch spinoza baruch spinoza average rating 4. Spinoza for our time extends and reflects back upon the trilogy of longer, mosaiclike sometimes guernicalike, in their kaleidoscopic ambition books that negri wrote with hardt. Byatts possession, but with more seventeenthcentury judaism. Regardless, the courtier and the heretic provides a vivid picture of the powerful influence of religion and contentious environment present during the lifetimes of both spinoza and leibniz. Of all the philosophers of the seventeenth century, spinoza is among the most relevant today. This first volume contains spinoza s single most important. 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.
Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of spinoza s work was not fully realized until years after his death. Feb 23, 2003 for the past few years i have been looking for spinoza, sometimes in books, sometimes in places, and that is why i am here today. 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. Spinoza for our time extends and reflects back upon the trilogy of longer, mosaiclike sometimes guernicalike, in their kaleidoscopic ambition. By laying the groundwork for the 18thcentury enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, including modern conceptions of the self and, arguably, the universe, he came to be considered one of the great rationalists of 17thcentury philosophy. Popular spinoza books showing 150 of 185 ethics paperback by. Buy spinoza beyond philosophy by beth lord, beth lord isbn.
Following a logical stepbystep format, it defines in turn the nature of god, the mind, human bondage to the. Here is a spinoza both hauntingly emblematic and deeply human, both heretic and heroa. The breadth and importance of spinoza s work was not fully realized until many years after his death. Apr 30, 2015 buy spinoza beyond philosophy by beth lord, beth lord isbn. Spinoza is supposed to have written a defense of his views, but the text no longer exists. He chose a single word from that language for his device. 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. Until his death in 1677, spinoza was to live quietly in rijnsburg, voorburg, and the hague, earning his living by grinding and polishing lenses. Spinoza contra phenomenology fundamentally recasts the history of postwar french thought, typically presumed to have been driven by a critique of reason indebted to nietzsche and heidegger.
All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Theres a new literary celebrity in town, and his name is. The spinoza problem, by irvin yalom the washington post. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. The ethics presents a complete metaphysical, epistemological and ethical worldview that is immensely inspiring. 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. Shelf awareness yalom is the perfect author to bring together spinoza and rosenberg in a novel. Baruch spinoza shelved 24 times as spinoza avg rating 4. Yalom imaginative and erudite sums up the spinoza problem a therapist and a professor of psychiatry at stanfords school of medicine, irvin d. Mar 01, 2012 the spinoza problem consists of two compelling narratives. Spinoza wrote the last indisputable latin masterpiece, and one in which the refined conceptions of medieval philosophy are finally turned against themselves and destroyed entirely.
Yalom is the author of several professional works and a novelist who has introduced three different philosophers into his fictionfirst nietzsche, then schopenhauer and now spinoza. All our modern philosophers, though often perhaps unconsciously, see through the glasses which baruch spinoza ground. Despite an early rabbinical education, he was expelled from the synagogue at amsterdam for defending heretical opinions in 1656. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Click here for more information the only complete edition in english of baruch spinozas works, this volume features samuel shirleys preeminent translations, distinguished at once by the lucidity and fluency with which they convey the flavor and meaning of spinozas original texts. A curious pastime, as you can see, and one that i had never. If one is concerned that the courtier and the heretic is not a balanced look at these two brilliant men, that concern may be warranted. The collected works of spinoza, vol 1 by baruch spinoza. Published shortly after his death, the ethics is undoubtedly spinozas. The spinoza problem is a highly intriguing exploration of the connections between a jewish philosopher and a nazi ideologue. Chronicon spinozanum tomus primus by unnown and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Some justification, however, of the treatment accorded spinoza s ethics may b. Jun 14, 2001 spinoza, was one of the first in biblical criticism, and for his pains, was excommunicated. Spinozas most famous and provocative idea is that god is not the creator of the world, but that the world is part of god. 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. To see the presence of spinoza, louis althusser once quipped, one must at least have heard of him. Buy ethics penguin classics new ed by spinoza, benedict, hampshire, stuart, curley, edwin isbn. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. For the past few years i have been looking for spinoza, sometimes in books, sometimes in places, and that is why i am here today.
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