Essays On Spinoza S Ethical Theory

Author : Matthew J. Kisner,Andrew Youpa
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199657537

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Essays on Spinoza's Ethical Theory by Matthew J. Kisner,Andrew Youpa Pdf

Thirteen original essays by leading scholars explore aspects of Spinoza's ethical theory and, in doing so, deepen our understanding of the richly rewarding core of his system. Given its importance to his philosophical ambitions, it is surprising that his ethics has, until recently, received relatively little scholarly attention. Anglophone philosophy has tended to focus on Spinoza's contribution to metaphysics and epistemology, while philosophy in continental Europe has tended to show greater interest in his political philosophy. This tendency is problematic not only because it overlooks a central part of Spinoza's project, but also because it threatens to present a distorted picture of his philosophy. Moreover, Spinoza's ethics, like other branches of his philosophy, is complex, difficult, and, at times, paradoxical. The essays in this volume advance our understanding of his ethics and also help us to appreciate it as the centerpiece of his system. In addition to resolving interpretive difficulties and advancing longstanding debates, these essays point the direction for future research. Spinoza's enduring contribution to the development of ethical theory, to early modern philosophy, and indeed to early modern history generally, provide us with good reason to follow the lead of these essays.

Author : Matthew J. Kisner,Andrew Youpa
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191009518

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Essays on Spinoza's Ethical Theory by Matthew J. Kisner,Andrew Youpa Pdf

Thirteen original essays by leading scholars explore aspects of Spinoza's ethical theory and, in doing so, deepen our understanding of the richly rewarding core of his system. Given its importance to his philosophical ambitions, it is surprising that his ethics has, until recently, received relatively little scholarly attention. Anglophone philosophy has tended to focus on Spinoza's contribution to metaphysics and epistemology, while philosophy in continental Europe has tended to show greater interest in his political philosophy. This tendency is problematic not only because it overlooks a central part of Spinoza's project, but also because it threatens to present a distorted picture of his philosophy. Moreover, Spinoza's ethics, like other branches of his philosophy, is complex, difficult, and, at times, paradoxical. The essays in this volume advance our understanding of his ethics and also help us to appreciate it as the centerpiece of his system. In addition to resolving interpretive difficulties and advancing longstanding debates, these essays point the direction for future research. Spinoza's enduring contribution to the development of ethical theory, to early modern philosophy, and indeed to early modern history generally, provide us with good reason to follow the lead of these essays.

Author : Eugene Freeman,Maurice Mandelbaum
Publisher : Open Court Publishing Company
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UIUC:30112011903868

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Spinoza: Essays in Interpretation by Eugene Freeman,Maurice Mandelbaum Pdf

Author : Youpa Andrew
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190086022

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The Ethics of Joy by Youpa Andrew Pdf

Philosopher Andrew Youpa offers a novel reading of Spinoza's moral philosophy. Unlike approaches to moral philosophy that center on praiseworthiness and blameworthiness, Youpa argues that Spinoza's moral philosophy is about how to live lovingly and joyously, not hatefully or sorrowfully. It is, fundamentally, an ethics of joy. Central to this reading is a defense of the view that there is a way of life that is best for human beings, and that what makes it best is its alignment with human nature. This is not, significantly, an ethics of accountability, or what a person does or does not deserve. Morality's role is not to assign credit or blame to individuals in an economy of good and evil; rather, it is to heal the sick and empower the vulnerable. It is an ethics centered on what, with respect to mental and physical well-being, requires our attention. Spinoza's ethics adheres to a medical model of morality, enacting and embodying a system of care to ourselves, care to others, and care to things in the world around us. From this approach, Youpa defends a comprehensive reading of Spinoza's moral philosophy, including its realism, pluralism, and the importance of friendship and education, which are the greatest sources of empowerment and joy. Empowering ourselves and others begins with love: the type of love that Spinoza refers to as the virtue of modestia, or humble devotion to others with their true well-being in mind. Youpa's examination starts with an original interpretaion of Spinoza's theory of emotions, and then turns to the metaphysical foundation of his moral philosophy and its normative and practical implications.

Author : Noa Naaman-Zauderer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000732467

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Freedom, Action, and Motivation in Spinoza’s "Ethics" by Noa Naaman-Zauderer Pdf

The present volume posits the themes of freedom, action, and motivation as the central principles that drive Spinoza’s Ethics from its first part to its last. It assembles essays by internationally leading scholars who provide different, sometimes opposing interpretations of these fundamental themes as they operate across the five parts of the Ethics and within its manifold domains. The diversity of issues, approaches, and perspectives within this volume, along with the chapters’ common focus, open up new ways of understanding not only some of the key concepts and main objectives in the Ethics but also the threads unifying the entire work. The sequence of essays in the book broadly follows the order of the Ethics, providing up-to-date perspectives of Spinoza’s views on freedom, action, and motivation in their ontological, cognitive, physical, affective, and ethical facets. This enables readers to engage with a variety of new interpretations of these key themes of the Ethics and to reconsider their consequences both for other related issues in the Ethics and for the relevance of the Ethics to contemporary trends in philosophy of action and motivation. The essays will contribute to the growing interest in Spinoza’s Ethics and spark further discussion and debate within and outside the vast body of scholarship on this important work. Freedom, Action, and Motivation in Spinoza’s Ethics will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working on Spinoza and early modern philosophy, as well as on philosophy of action and motivation.

Author : Gideon Segal,Yirmiahu Yovel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351741736

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Spinoza by Gideon Segal,Yirmiahu Yovel Pdf

This title was first published in 2002. This collection of essays aims to present a wide range of interpretations of central themes in Spinoza's philosophy. Philosophical interpretations of Spinoza divide into three general categories. The first sets Spinoza within what is taken to be his historical context. Special emphasis is laid here on aspects of his teaching that seem to bear the influence of Spinoza's own education (and self-education), either through concepts assimilated into his own thinking, or those he undertook to refute and displace. A second interpretative approach uses analytical tools in an attempt to reconstruct Spinozistic issues and theories critically. Finally, there are philosophers who explore Spinoza's texts in their own terms, attempting to present a coherent picture of one or more aspects of Spinoza's teaching. Given the broad span of issues with which Spinoza deals, the latter is often the most difficult track to follow. The 25 articles in this collection exemplify these three attitudes to Spinoza interpretation, though most avail themselves of more than one. In making the selection the editors preferred studies that treat their subject as a viable, endurable philosophical issue, whether the writer accepts Spinoza's presentation or highlights his difficulties. On each issue the articles critically analyze the texts, rather than simply portraying the Spinozistic ideas they express.

Author : William Angus Knight,Jan Pieter Nicolaas Land,Kuno Fischer,Johannes van Vloten,Ernest Renan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015059877285

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Spinoza by William Angus Knight,Jan Pieter Nicolaas Land,Kuno Fischer,Johannes van Vloten,Ernest Renan Pdf

Author : Johan Dahlbeck
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317394358

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Spinoza and Education by Johan Dahlbeck Pdf

Spinoza and Education offers a comprehensive investigation into the educational implications of Spinoza’s moral theory. Taking Spinoza’s naturalism as its point of departure, it constructs a considered account of education, taking special care to investigate the educational implications of Spinoza’s psychological egoism. What emerges is a counterintuitive form of education grounded in the egoistic striving of the teacher to persevere and to flourish in existence while still catering to the ethical demands of the students and the greater community. In providing an educational reading of Spinoza’s moral theory, this book sets up a critical dialogue between educational theory and recent studies which highlight the centrality of ethics in Spinoza’s overall philosophy. By placing his work in a contemporary educational context, chapters explore a counterintuitive conception of education as an ethical project, aimed at overcoming the desire to seek short-term satisfaction and troubling the influential concept of the student as consumer. This book also considers how education, from a Spinozistic point of view, may be approached in terms of a kind of cognitive therapy serving to further a more scientifically adequate understanding of the world and aimed at combating prejudices and superstition. Spinoza and Education demonstrates that Spinoza’s moral theory can further an educational ideal, where notions of freedom and self-preservation provide the conceptual core of a coherent philosophy of education. As such, it will appeal to researchers, academics and postgraduate students in the fields of philosophy of education, theory of education, critical thinking, philosophy, ethics, and Spinoza studies.

Author : Alexandre Matheron
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781474440127

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Politics, Ontology and Knowledge in Spinoza by Alexandre Matheron Pdf

"Alexandre Matheron is considered one of the most important interpreters of Spinoza's philosophy in the 20th century. These 20 essays, translated into English for the first time, focus on ontology, knowledge, politics and ethics in Spinoza, his predecessors and his contemporaries."--Publisher description.

Author : Samuel Newlands
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780192549365

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Reconceiving Spinoza by Samuel Newlands Pdf

Samuel Newlands provides a sweeping new account of Spinoza's metaphysical system and the way it shapes and is shaped by his moral project. Newlands also shows how Spinoza can be read fruitfully alongside recent developments in contemporary analytic philosophy. According to Newlands, conceptual relations form the backbone of Spinoza's explanatory project and enable him to do everything from reconciling monism and diversity to motivating altruism within egoism. Spinoza's conceptualism culminates in his call to a radical form of self-transcendence. Readers will be invited to reconceive not only Spinoza's project, but also the world and perhaps even themselves along the way.

Author : Yitzhak Y. Melamed
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781119538660

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A Companion to Spinoza by Yitzhak Y. Melamed Pdf

An unparalleled collection of original essays on Benedict de Spinoza's contributions to philosophy and his enduring legacy A Companion to Spinoza presents a panoramic view of contemporary Spinoza studies in Europe and across the Anglo-American world. Designed to stimulate fresh dialogue between the analytic and continental traditions in philosophy, this extraordinary volume brings together 53 original essays that explore Spinoza's contributions to Western philosophy and intellectual history. A diverse team of established and emerging international scholars discuss new themes and classic topics to provide a uniquely comprehensive picture of one of the most influential metaphysicians of all time. Rather than simply summarizing the body of existing scholarship, the Companion develops new ideas, examines cutting-edge scholarship, and suggests directions for future research. The text is structured around six thematically-organized sections, exploring Spinoza's life and background, his contributions to metaphysics and natural philosophy, his epistemology, politics, ethics, and aesthetics, the reception of Spinoza in the work of philosophers such as Kant, Schelling, Schopenhauer, and Hegel, and more. This unparalleled research collection combines a timely overview of the current state of research with deep coverage of Spinoza's philosophy, legacy, and influence. Part of the celebrated Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series, A Companion to Spinoza is an ideal text for advanced courses in modern philosophy, intellectual history, and the history of metaphysics, and an indispensable reference for researchers and scholars in Spinoza studies.

Author : S. Paul Kashap
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1972-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0520021428

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Studies in Spinoza, Critical and Interpretive Essays by S. Paul Kashap Pdf

Author : Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367362244

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Freedom Action and Motivation in Spinoza¿s Ethics by Taylor & Francis Group Pdf

The present volume posits the themes of freedom, action, and motivation as the central principles that drive Spinoza's Ethics from its first part to its last. It assembles essays by internationally leading scholars who provide different, sometimes opposing interpretations of these fundamental themes as they operate across the five parts of the Ethics and within its manifold domains. The diversity of issues, approaches, and perspectives within this volume, along with the chapters' common focus, open up new ways of understanding not only some of the key concepts and main objectives in the Ethics but also the threads unifying the entire work. The sequence of essays in the book broadly follows the order of the Ethics, providing up-to-date perspectives of Spinoza's views on freedom, action, and motivation in their ontological, cognitive, physical, affective, and ethical facets. This enables readers to engage with a variety of new interpretations of these key themes of the Ethics and to reconsider their consequences both for other related issues in the Ethics and for the relevance of the Ethics to contemporary trends in philosophy of action and motivation. The essays will contribute to the growing interest in Spinoza's Ethics and spark further discussion and debate within and outside the vast body of scholarship on this important work. Freedom, Action, and Motivation in Spinoza's Ethics will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working on Spinoza and early modern philosophy.

Author : Henry Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Ethics
ISBN : HARVARD:AH5Q5J

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Spinoza and His Environment by Henry Smith Pdf

Author : Benedictus de Spinoza
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107069718

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Spinoza: Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza Pdf

A new, scholarly and accessible translation of this seventeenth-century philosophical text, including an introduction, glossary and chronology.