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A profoundly beautiful and uniquely insightful description of the universe, Benedict de Spinoza's Ethics is one of the masterpieces of Enlightenment-era philosophy. Published shortly after his death, the Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza's greatest work - an elegant, fully cohesive... Read Full Overview

A profoundly beautiful and uniquely insightful description of the universe, Benedict de Spinoza's Ethics is one of the masterpieces of Enlightenment-era philosophy.

Publicada p?stumamente en 1677, la "?tica", obra compuesta como un conjunto de Definiciones, Axiomas, Postulados, Leyes, Proposiciones y Escolios al modo geom?trico, ha sido interpretada por la posteridad, pese a esta supuesta objetividad, de manera multiforme, habiendo despertado,... Read Full Overview

Translated by W.H.White and A.K.Stirling. With an Introduction by Don Garrett. Benedict de Spinoza lived a life of blameless simplicity as a lens-grinder in Holland. And yet in his lifetime he was expelled from the Jewish community in Amsterdam as a heretic, and after his death... Read Full Overview

An authoritative edition of George Eliot's elegant translation of Spinoza's greatest philosophical work

"Ethics" is the most famous work of Benedict de Spinoza, who is considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy. Spinoza was born of Jewish and Portuguese ancestry in 1632 and lived a simple life in Amsterdam as an optical lens grinder. His greatest fame... Read Full Overview

Baruch Spinoza (born Benedito de Espinosa, later Benedict de Spinoza; 24 November 1632 - 21 February 1677) was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Sephardi origin. One of the early thinkers of the Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, including modern conceptions of the... Read Full Overview

Baruch de Spinoza (1632 -1677) war ein niederl ndischer Philosoph und Sohn portugiesischer Immigranten sephardischer Herkunft und portugiesischer Muttersprache. Er wird dem Rationalismus zugeordnet und gilt als einer der Begr nder der modernen Bibel- und Religionskritik. Spinoza... Read Full Overview

The Ethics: Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata by Benedict de Spinoza and translated from the Latin by R. H. M. Elwes. Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order (Latin: Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata), usually known as the Ethics, is a philosophical treatise written... Read Full Overview

The classic masterwork of Benedict de Spinoza, through which he attempts to construct a metaphysical and ethical system using the geometric methods of Euclid. Spinoza begins with definitions and axioms and proceeds to reach numerous conclusions. A tremendously influential work,... Read Full Overview

The Oxford Philosophical Texts series consists of truly practical and accessible guides to major philosophical texts in the history of philosophy from the ancient world up to modern times. Each book opens with a comprehensive introduction by a leading specialist which covers... Read Full Overview

An authoritative edition of George Eliot's elegant translation of Spinoza's greatest philosophical work

Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order (Latin: Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata), usually known as the Ethics, is a philosophical treatise written by Benedict de Spinoza. It was written between 1664 and 1665 and was first published in 1677. The book is perhaps the most... Read Full Overview