benedict.spinoza
Benedict Spinozabenedict.spinoza
Ética demostrada según el orden geométrico
Publicada póstumamente en 1677, la Ética, obra compuesta como un conjunto de Definiciones, Axiomas, Postulados, Leyes, Proposiciones y Escolios al modo geométrico, ha sido interpretada por la posteridad, pese a esta supuesta objetividad, de manera multiforme, habiendo despertado, más que desacuerdos fríos con la verdad de sus asertos, emociones poderosas. Esta edición de la obra cumbre de Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677), personalidad intelectual cuyo pensamiento y figura han sido clasificados de las formas más dispares, según la perspectiva que lo ha sometido a análisis, corre a cargo del profesor Vidal Peña, traductor, prologuista y anotador del volumen.
benedict.spinoza
The ethics and selected letters
Product DescriptionThis anthology of the work of Baruch de Spinoza (1632-1677) presents the text of Spinoza's masterwork, the Ethics, in what is now the standard translation by Edwin Curley. Also included are selections from other works by Spinoza, chosen by Curley to make the Ethics easier to understand, and a substantial introduction that gives an overview of Spinoza's life and the main themes of his philosophy. Perfect for course use, the Spinoza Reader is a practical tool with which to approach one of the world's greatest but most difficult thinkers, a passionate seeker of the truth who has been viewed by some as an atheist and by others as a religious mystic. The anthology begins with the opening section of the Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect, which has always moved readers by its description of the young Spinoza's spiritual quest, his dissatisfaction with the things people ordinarily strive for--wealth, honor, and sensual pleasure--and his hope that the pursuit of knowledge would lead him to discover the true good. The emphasis throughout these selections is on metaphysical, epistemological, and religious issues: the existence and nature of God, his relation to the world, the nature of the human mind and its relation to the body, and the theory of demonstration, axioms, and definitions. For each of these topics, the editor supplements the rigorous discussions in the Ethics with informal treatments from Spinoza's other works. Language NotesText: English (translation)Original Language: Latin