Salvation from Despair: A Reappraisal of Spinoza’s PhilosophySpringer Science & Business Media, 6 dec 2012 - 270 pagina's My purpose in this book is to re-interpret the philosophy of Spinoza to a new generation. I make no attempt to compete with the historical scholar ship of A. H. Wolfson in tracing back Spinoza's ideas to his Ancient, Hebrew and Mediaeval forerunners, or the meticulous philosophical scrutiny of Harold Joachim, which I could wish to emulate but cannot hope to rival. I have simply relied upon the text of Spinoza's own writings in an effort to grasp and to make intelligible to others the precise meaning of his doctrine, and to decide whether, in spite of numerous apparent and serious internal conflicts, it can be understood as a consistent whole. In so doing I have found it necessary to correct what seem to me t0' be mis conceptions frequently entertained by commentators. Whether or not I am right in my re-interpretation, it will, I hope, contribute something fresh, if not to the knowledge of Spinoza, at least to the discussion of what he really meant to say. The limits within which I am constrained to write prevent me from drawing fully upon the great mass of scholarly writings on Spinoza, his life and times, his works and his philosophical ideas. I can only try to make amends for omissions by listing the most important works in the Spinoza bibliography, for reference by those who would seek to know more about his philosophy. This list I have added as an appendix. |
Inhoudsopgave
CONTEMPORARY DESPAIR AND ITS ANTIDOTE | 3 |
GEOMETRICAL METHOD | 15 |
PART II | 28 |
GODS CREATIVITY | 48 |
BODY AND MIND | 77 |
Rejection of Parallelism | 84 |
Imaginatio | 93 |
Adequate Knowledge | 103 |
The Intellectual Love of God | 202 |
The Tractatus TheologicoPoliticus | 205 |
Revealed Religion and Superstition | 207 |
Biblical Criticism | 210 |
Prophecy | 215 |
The Election of the Jews | 219 |
Miracles | 221 |
The True and Universal Religion | 222 |
PASSION AND ACTION | 110 |
GOOD AND EVIL | 141 |
Of Human Bondage | 160 |
The Dictates of Reason | 172 |
Selfishness and Selfsacrifice | 174 |
Vice and Virtue | 176 |
THE STATE AND POLITICS 1 Ethics Politics and History | 181 |
Philosophical Roots | 182 |
Natural Law Natural Rights and the State of Nature | 183 |
Sovereignty and Law | 188 |
The Rights and Powers of the Sovereign | 191 |
Limitations on the Power and Action of the State | 193 |
Political Freedom | 196 |
Practical Considerations | 197 |
RELIGION | 201 |
Spinozas Attitude to Christianity | 225 |
HUMAN IMMORTALITY | 227 |
Traditional Ideas of Immortality | 228 |
A Common Interpretation of Spinoza | 231 |
Difficulties and Criticisms | 232 |
Idea as Transcendent | 235 |
Time and Eternity | 237 |
Mind as Idea of Body | 239 |
Misinterpretations and Misconceptions | 243 |
Blessedness | 246 |
Epilogue | 247 |
Spinoza in Retrospect 249 | 248 |
Bibliographical Appendix | 259 |
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Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Salvation from Despair: A Reappraisal of Spinoza’s Philosophy E.E. Harris Gedeeltelijke weergave - 1973 |
Salvation from Despair: A Reappraisal of Spinoza's Philosophy E.E. Harris Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 1973 |
Salvation from Despair: A Reappraisal of Spinoza’s Philosophy E.E. Harris Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2011 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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