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ISBN: 9798200087709
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ISBN: 9798200087693
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ISBN: 9798200087716
| Runtime: | 9.11 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Philosophy |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
Benedict de Spinoza's Ethics, first published in 1677, constitutes a major systematic critique of the traditional and religious foundations of philosophical thought. In it, Spinoza follows a logical step-by-step format consisting of definitions, axioms, propositions, proofs, and corollaries to create a comprehensive inquiry into the truth about God, nature, and humans' place within the universe. From these broad metaphysical themes, Spinoza derives what he considered to be the highest principles of religion and society and lays out an ethical system in which reason is the supreme value. A seminal contribution to 17th-century rationalism, Spinoza's Ethics refutes the dualism of René Descartes and provides a bridge between religion and modern-day psychology. This edition is the translation by R. H. M. Elwes.Author
Author Bio: Benedict de Spinoza
Benedict de Spinoza (1632–1677) was a Dutch philosopher who came to be known as one of the great rationalists of the seventeenth century. Born into a Portuguese Jewish community in Amsterdam, Spinoza was excommunicated from this society at age twenty-three. His most famous work, Ethics, was published posthumously; he is also the author of the Theological-Political Treatise, published in 1670. Spinoza’s work laid the groundwork for the eighteenth-century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, and has influenced such wide-ranging later thinkers as George Eliot, Freidrich Nietzsche, Immanuel Kant, and Albert Einstein.
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| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Philosophy |
| Runtime: | 9.11 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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