Meaning in Spinoza's method
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Festland Spanien
- Verlag CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780521826112
- ISBN10 052182611X
- Gegenstandsart Buch
- Buchseiten 240
- Jahr der Ausgabe 2003
- Bindung Stoffeinband
Abschnitte
Die Moderne PhilosophieMeaning in Spinoza's method
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Festland Spanien
Buch Details
Readers of Spinoza's philosophy have often been daunted, and sometimes been enchanted, by the geometrical method which he employs in his philosophical masterpiece the Ethics. In Meaning in Spinoza's Method Aaron Garrett examines this method and suggests that its purpose, in Spinoza's view, was not just to present claims and propositions but also in some sense to change the readers and allow them to look at themselves and the world in a different way. His discussion draws not only on Spinoza's works but also on those of the philosophers who influenced Spinoza most strongly, including Hobbes, Descartes, Maimonides, and Gersonides. This original and controversial book will be of interest to historians of philosophy and to anyone interested in the relation between form and content in philosophical works.