Ethics
$22.37
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
12 March 2015
Summary
The Ethics: A Path to Understanding and Happiness
Spinoza’s greatest philosophical work. Published shortly after his death, the Ethics is an elegant, fully cohesive philosophical system that strives to provide a coherent picture of reality, and to comprehend the meaning of an ethical life.
Following a logical step-by-step format, it defines in turn:
- The nature of God
- The mind
- The emotions
- Human bondage to the emotions
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140435719 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140435719 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | Benedict Spinoza, Stuart Hampshire, Edwin Curley |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 12 March 2015 |
| Weight: | 159g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 13mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
The noblest and most lovable of the great philosophers … ethically he is supreme. (Bertrand Russell)”
The noblest and most lovable of the great philosophers … ethically he is supreme. (Bertrand Russell)”
About The Author
Benedict Spinoza
Benedict de Spinoza was born in Amsterdam in 1632, where his orthodox Jewish family had fled from persecution in Portugal. Spinoza was expelled from the synagogue for his heterodox philosophy, and earned his living as an optical-lens grinder. He identified God with nature and denied the possibility of an act of creation. Ethics was published in 1677 after his death and explored a doctrine which inspired the Romantic poets.
Edwin Curley is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan and editor and translator of Spinoza’s Collected Works.
Stuart Hampshire was elected a Fellow of All Souls in 1936 and was a tutor in philosophy. He has held numerous presitigious academic posts.
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