The Essence of Spinoza's Ethics

by Hunter Lewis (Editor), Hunter Lewis (Introduction)

Overview

Axios’s Essence of . . . Series takes the greatest works of practical philosophy and pares them down to their essence. Selected passages flow together to create a seamless work that will capture your interest from page one.
Goethe: " [In his] Ethics ... , I found the serenity to calm my passions...."
This new edition makes Spinoza's own words understandable by everyone.
Now with linking index.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781604190595
Publisher:	Hunter Lewis Foundation
Publication date:	08/01/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	219
File size:	433 KB

About the Author

Hunter Lewis, co-founder of global investment firm Cambridge Associates, has written six books on economics and moral philosophy. He has served on boards and committees of fifteen leading not-for-profit organizations, including environmental, teaching, research, and cultural organizations.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Baruch de Spinoza (1632-1677) 1

Book 1 On the Improvement of the Understanding 9

Book 2 The Ethics 21

Part A God 23

Part B Mind and Emotion 31

Part C The Power of Reason (Gaining Human Freedom) 45

Appendix A God 49

Part I Concerning God 49

Appendix B Mind and Emotion 55

Part II Of the Nature and Origin of the Mind 55

Part III On the Origin and Nature of the Emotions 56

Part IV Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Emotions 79

Appendix C The Power of Reason (Gaining Human Freedom) 145

Part V On the Power of the Understanding, or of Human Freedom 145

Book 3 Letters 175

Index 207