Baruch Spinoza

Since their publications in 1982, Samuel Shirley's translations of Spinoza's Ethics and Selected Letters have been commended for their accuracy and readability. Now with the addition of his new translation of Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect this enlarged edition will be even more useful to students of Spinoza's thought.

Ce volume contient les oeuvres suivantes : Court traité - Traité de la réforme de l'entendement - Les Principes de la philosophie de Descartes - Pensées métaphysiques - L'Éthique - Traité des autorités théologique et politique - Traité de l'autorité politique - Correspondance. Appendices : La Vie de Spinoza, par Jean Colerus - La Vie de Spinoza, par un de ses disciples. Traduit du latin et du néerlandais par Roland Caillois, Madeleine Francès et Robert Misrahi. Édition de Roland Caillois, Madeleine Francès et de Robert Misrahi.

" Prince des philosophes ", selon Deleuze, " moment crucial de la pensée moderne ", selon Hegel, Baruch Spinoza (1632- 1677) est considéré comme le philosophe le plus dérangeant du XVIIe siècle. Héritier dissident de Descartes, il décida de suivre la raison jusqu'au bout et élabora ainsi une philosophie radicalement neuve, aux conséquences révolutionnaires.Ce volume permet d'accéder à l'intégralité de ses écrits dans les traductions originelles de Charles Appuhn, depuis Les Principes de la philosophie de Descartes jusqu'au chef-d'oeuvre qu'est l' Éthique , en passant par le Traité politique , le Traité théologico-politique , le Traité de la réforme de l'entendement , le Court Traité , les Pensées métaphysique s et la correspondance.Outre la rigueur métaphysique préfigurée par le Court Traité et accomplie dans l' Éthique , on voit ici se déployer une réflexion de grande envergure et aux directions multiples. Politique d'abord : Spinoza traite du droit naturel, du contrat social, de la nature des régimes et des États, comme de la place des affects dans l'élaboration d'un champ social. Théologique ensuite : il teste une nouvelle méthode littérale de lecture de la Bible, en attribuant à l'interprétation une portion congrue. Morale enfin : le philosophe interroge les thèmes de la liberté, du bien et du mal dans leur existence même.Autant de domaines où s'affirme la volonté de n'obéir qu'à la raison et d'en accepter les verdicts et les principes. Nul n'a mieux défini que Spinoza ce que signifie philosopher : " Ne pas rire, ne pas déplorer, ne pas haïr, mais comprendre. "

Published shortly after his death, the Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza's greatest work—an elegant, fully cohesive cosmology derived from first principles, providing a coherent picture of reality, and a guide to the meaning of an ethical life. Following a logical step-by-step format, it defines in turn the nature of God, the mind, the emotions, human bondage to the emotions, and the power of understanding—moving from a consideration of the eternal, to speculate upon humanity's place in the natural order, the nature of freedom and the path to attainable happiness. A powerful work of elegant simplicity, the Ethics is a brilliantly insightful consideration of the possibility of redemption through intense thought and philosophical reflection. The Ethics is presented in the standard translation of the work by Edwin Curley. This edition also includes an introduction by Stuart Hampshire, outlining Spinoza's philosophy and placing it in context.

D’abord paru sous le couvert de l’anonymat en 1670, le Traité théologico-politique fut rapidement attribué à Spinoza et immédiatement qualifié d’œuvre impie par les autorités politiques et religieuses de son temps. C’est que, bien qu’il se défende de l’accusation d’athéisme portée à son encontre, le philosophe ne ménage pas l’Église, il remet en question de nombreux dogmes religieux et dénonce la thèse d’un auteur unique et inspiré par Dieu — en la personne de Moïse — pour les cinq livres de l’Ancien Testament constituant la Torah des Juifs. Bousculant les bien-pensants de son temps, il défend avec ardeur la liberté de s’exprimer et l’exercice de la raison dans l’analyse des fondements théologiques et politiques de la société. Ainsi, ce traité de philosophie pratique a-t-il jeté les bases de nos démocraties modernes fondées sur la séparation des pouvoirs temporel et spirituel. Ses analyses, subversives et iconoclastes à bien des égards, ont contribué à la lecture critique des Saintes Écritures et ont inspiré de nombreux penseurs après lui. Aujour­d’hui encore, la radicalité de son propos et la réjouissante liberté de ton dont il use ne peuvent qu’enchanter le lecteur moderne et l’inciter à retourner aux sources de ce texte philosophique et politique majeur de l’Occident.Nous le présentons ici, pour la première fois, dans une édition confortable à la lecture, accessible à tous et bénéficiant des apports les plus récents de la philologie, sur la base de la traduction de référence d’Émile Saisset.

This is an unfinished work of philosophy by the seventeenth-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza, published posthumously in 1677. It is an attempt to formulate a philosophical method that would allow the mind to form the clear and distinct ideas that are necessary for its perfection. It contains, in addition, reflection upon the various kinds of knowledge, an extended treatment of definition, and a lengthy analysis of the nature and causes of doubt. He discusses, among other topics, perception, experience, intelligence, memory, and forgetting.Spinoza commenced this treatise with the intention of examining the problem of knowledge, but the work was never completed. In his other works epistemological discussions are intimately linked with the rest of his philosophy. Indeed, even in the Treatise on the Improvement of the Understanding epistemological views are almost inseparably connected with ethical ones. That is the consequence of his characteristic conception of knowledge. For Spinoza "knowledge" is "life", not in the sense that contemplation is the highest life, but in the sense that knowledge is the means of holding together the threads of life in a systematic unity that can fill its proper place in the cosmic system.

This 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 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.

The Political Treatise, Spinoza’s final work, is a largely theoretical inquiry into the fundamental principles of political philosophy. This edition offers an exceptional translation by Samuel Shirley and a prefatory essay by Douglas Den Uyl that discusses why the Political Treatise deserves the attention of contemporary scholars. Steven Barbone and Lee Rice provide ample notes, a substantial bibliography, complete indexes of names and terms, and a comprehensive general introduction, which considers the evolution of Spinoza’s political thought in the context of the political and intellectual turmoil of the times, the relationship between the Political Treatise and the Theological-Political Treatise, and the importance of the Political Treatise to a full understanding of Spinoza’s political philosophy.

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Designed to facilitate a thoughtful and informed reading of Spinoza's Ethics , this anthology provides the Ethics , related writings, and two valuable List of Propositions from the Ethics , which helps readers to trace the development of key themes; and Citations in Proofs, a list of all the propositions, corollaries, and scholia in the Ethics, together with all the definitions, axioms, propositions, corollaries, and scholia to which Spinoza refers in the proofs--thus, readers can locate, for a given item, each instance where Spinoza refers to it.

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Samuel Shirley's splendid new translation, with critical annotation reflecting research of the last half-century, is the only edition of the complete text of Spinoza's correspondence available in English. An historical-philosophical Introduction, detailed annotation, a chronology, and a bibliography are also included.

ETICA. TRATADO TEOLOGICO-POLITICO

"Spinoza-Blyenbergh yazışmasına 'Kötülük Mektupları' adını veren Deleuze'dür. Spinoza felsefesine bakışı kökten değiştiren çığır açıcı okumalarında bu mektuplara geniş yer ayırmıştır. Deleuze'ün yorumları Spinoza çalışmalarında öylesine etkili olmuştur ki bu yazışmalar artık hemen her yerde bu adla anılmaktadır. Kötülük, bu tartışmanın tek konusu değildir elbet, ama Blyenbergh'in ortaya attığı bu sorun, Spinoza'nın kendi konumunu belli edeceği diğer konular (Tanrının yaratımı ve katkısı, isteklerin ve edimlerin doğası, hatanın kökeni, yetkinlik ve yoksunluk ve hatta Kutsal Kitap'ın yapısı vs.) için somut bir zemin sağlamaktadır. [...]Bu kitap esasen kolektif bir çalışmanın ürünü. 'Kötülük Mektupları'nı çevirip yayımlama fikri, Ulus Baker'in 2005-2006 yıllarında, İstanbul'da, Norgunk Yayınları bünyesinde yürüttüğü Ethica Okumaları'nda doğmuştu; hayata geçmeyi bekleyen başka birçok tasarı gibi. Bu seminerlerin çok ciddi bir felsefi mesai içerdiğini belirtmeliyim. Katılanlar hatırlayacaktır, Etika gibi biçimiyle bile ürküntü veren bir kitabı, capcanlı, durmaksızın işleyen bir düşünce olarak önümüze seriveriyordu Baker. Spinoza'nın her bir önermesini titizlikle ele alıyor, hem felsefe tarihi hem de düşünürün kendi yapıtı bağlamındaki yerine oturtuyordu - sükûnetle, ağır ağır, kâh gülerek kâh mırıldanarak, sigarasından sürekli derin nefesler çekerek… Ben kendi payıma, genelde felsefe tarihinden bir 'belge' olarak kalan yapıtlardan birinin hayatiyet kazanıp gündelik deneyimlere kadar sızmasına orada tanık oldum. Bunun bir müsebbibi Spinoza'ysa, diğeri hiç şüphesiz Spinoza'nın felsefesini benzersiz bir yaşantı haline getirebilen Baker'di. Karşısındakinin etkilenme kudretini yakalayan, fikirleriyle başka fikirleri dürten, fikirlerle duyguların bağını gözeten, hissettiren, sezdiren has bir Spinozacıydı. Bu çalışmanın her sözcüğünde onun esini vardır."-Alber Nahum (Sunuş'tan)-(Tanıtım Bülteninden)

Spinoza places freedom as the ultimate aim & central value of life. His philosophy is marked by the most thoroughgoing naturalism of its period. Many of its central tenets remain matters of debate. His commitment to the search for a comprehensive understanding of everything inspired, among others, Nietzsche, Marx, Freud, Einstein, and Althusser. The Radical Enlightenment has been laid largely at his feet. Recent discoveries in the neurosciences suggest his biological understanding of the emotions may have been correct. It was upon this prescient naturalistic scientific foundation that he developed a new approach to ethics. Yet the last words in the Ethics sound a note of caution, even of warning: "All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare." Time is finally catching up with him. The study of his philosophy is worth the effort, capturing contemporary scientific imagination & ethical sensibility.A. On the Improvement of the Understanding B. Ethics 1. On God 2. On the Nature & Origin of the Mind 3. On the Origin & Nature of the Emotions 4. Of Human Bondage; or Of the Strength of the Emotions 5. Of the Power of the Intellect; or Of Human Freedom

The Collected Works of Spinoza provides, for the first time in English, a truly satisfactory edition of all of Spinoza's writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the original-language texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the philosopher's work.This first volume contains Spinoza's single most important work, the Ethics, and four earlier works: the Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect, the Short Treatise on God, Man, and His Well-Being, Descartes' "Principles of Philosophy," and Metaphysical Thoughts. Also included are Spinoza's letters from the periods when these works were being written.The elaborate editorial apparatus--including prefaces, notes, glossary, and indexes--assists the reader in understanding one of the world's most fascinating, but also most difficult, philosophers. Of particular interest is the glossary-index, which provides extensive commentary on Spinoza's technical vocabulary.A milestone of scholarship more than forty-five years in the making, The Collected Works of Spinoza is an essential edition for anyone with a serious interest in Spinoza or the history of philosophy.

Benedict de Spinoza (24 November 1632 – 21 February 1677) was a Jewish-Dutch philosopher. The Works of Benedict de Spinoza (with an active table of contents), includes:Ethics - Part 1 to 5Theologico-Political Treatise – Part 1 to 4Improvement of the UnderstandingThe Philosophy of Spinoza

This book provides depth and insight into the philosophical doctrine of Rene Descartes, and compares it to the metaphysics of Spinoza himself.

This book is the complete writings of the philosopher Baruch Spinoza. Spinoza (b. 1632, d. 1677) was one of the first of the Enlightenment philosophers. He was born to Sephardic Portuguese Jewish parents, living in the Netherlands due to the Inquisition. His views were so novel, particularly his biblical criticism, that some of his works were only published posthumously, particularly the Ethics. He was essentially excommunicated from the Jewish community, and took on the name Benedictus, the Latin translation of Baruch, 'Blessed.' He worked all his life as a lens grinder.

With meticulous scholarship and an accurate, highly readable translation, this volume sheds light not only on Spinoza's debt to Descartes but also on the development of Spinoza's own thought. Appearing for the first time in English translation, Lodewijk Meyer's inaugural dissertation on matter (1683)--relevant for its comments on Descartes, Spinoza, and other thinkers of the time--is appended with notes and a short commentary. Cross-references to Descartes's Principles of Philosophy are provided in an index, and there is an extensive bibliography.

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"Je résolus de chercher s'il existait quelque objet qui fût un bien véritable, capable de se communiquer, et par quoi l'âme, renonçant à tout autre, pût être affectée uniquement, un bien dont la découverte et la possession eussent pour fruit une éternité de joie continue et souveraine."Traité de la réforme de l'entendement

The second and final volume of the most authoritative English-language edition of Spinoza's writingsThe Collected Works of Spinoza provides, for the first time in English, a truly satisfactory edition of all of Spinoza's writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the original-language texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the philosopher's work.The centerpiece of this second volume is Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise, a landmark work in the history of biblical scholarship, the first argument for democracy by a major philosopher, and a forceful defense of freedom of thought and expression. This work is accompanied by Spinoza's later correspondence, much of which responds to criticism of the Theological-Political Treatise. The volume also includes his last work, the unfinished Political Treatise, which builds on the foundations of the Theological-Political Treatise to offer plans for the organization of nontyrannical monarchies and aristocracies.The elaborate editorial apparatus--including prefaces, notes, glossary, and indexes--assists the reader in understanding one of the world's most fascinating, but also most difficult, philosophers. Of particular interest is the glossary-index, which provides extensive commentary on Spinoza's technical vocabulary.A milestone of scholarship more than forty-five years in the making, The Collected Works of Spinoza is an essential edition for anyone with a serious interest in Spinoza or the history of philosophy.

El presente volumen reúne tres breves pero importantes tratados de Spinoza (1632-1677). El "Tratado de la reforma del entendimiento" es un escrito de juventud en el que el filósofo expone la concepción de su método, cuya lógica se ejercitará sin discutirse explícitamente en la "Ética". El segundo tratado, los "Principios de filosofía de Descartes", es un comentario a los "Principios" de este autor, cuya filosofía era entonces de candente actualidad. A pesar de presentarse como un aparente comentario o resumen de la misma, valió a Spinoza ser tildado de ateísmo, acusación frecuentemente esgrimida contra el propio cartesianismo. Finalmente, los "Pensamientos metafísicos" constituyen un compendio magistral de las cuestiones más difíciles de la metafísica escolástica en torno al problema de qué es el ser y, dado que hay dos tipos, sobre las relaciones entre el necesario (Dios) y el contingente (las criaturas).

Benedict de Spinoza, a Jewish-Dutch philosopher, laid the foundation for the Enlightenment movement of the 18th century in Europe and is regarded as one of the great rationalists of 17th century philosophy. Presented here are "A Theologico-Political Treatise" and "A Political Treatise", two works that precede Spinoza's most famous work "Ethics". In "A Theologico-Political Treatise" Spinoza argues for the separation of theology and philosophy insisting that whereas the goal of theology is obedience, philosophy aims at understanding rational truth. Spinoza believes that in order for man to realize his full potential a society organized around the principles of reason is necessary. In "A Political Treatise" Spinoza analyzes the forms of monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy. Based on his analysis he favors democracy, which he refers to as any representative government. The highly influential works of Spinoza laid the foundation for many of the concepts that we see in modern political life.

Contents: I. Introduction (Wild)II. Early Writings• On the Improvement of the Understanding• Short Treatise on God, Man, and His Well-BeingIII. EthicIV. The Letters of Certain Learned Men to Spinoza & His Replies

Translated by Dr. A. Wolf from the Dutch [version of the author's Tractatus de Deo et homine] and edited and with an introduction by Dagobert D. Runes.Spinoza is today considered the Philosopher of Modern Times, as Aristotle was the Philosopher of Antiquity. In spite of which, he remains the best known and least read of the great thinkers.The Book of God, one of his earliest works, came to light only a hundred years ago in two slightly varying Dutch manuscripts. Its youthful author lived in turbulent times, when the Western world was torn by civil and religious strife, and bullies, bigots and pseudo-prophets vied for the ear of a fearful people. While Europe was in an uproar over the right church, Spinoza was seeking the right God. This book is the first known report of his findings. Appearing like a draft for his later Ethics, it is a Guide for the Bewildered. Those who see in philosophy no more than an intellectual exercise will have no difficulty dismissing it. But those imbued with the longing for a better and freer life will find here a most rewarding fountain of faith.

Spinoza’nın sözlerinden özenle derlenmiş bir seçkidir.“Sevmenin ölçüsü, ölçüsüz sevmektir.”“Umut olmadan kaygı, kaygı olmadan da umut olmaz.”

Après une adaptation du Traité de la Réforme de l'Entendement, un texte de jeunesse de Spinoza, l'auteur récidive cette fois-ci avec l'Ethique, l'oeuvre majeure du philosophe néerlandais. Ce monument de l'histoire de la philosophie est réputé difficile d'accès, mais son apparente austérité cache un texte qui nous parle tout simplement de notre vie concrète, de nos émotions, de notre esprit, du monde qui nous entoure.C'est ce que veut démontrer l'auteur en proposant une traduction de L'Ethique, où le philosophe nous explique pas à pas comment vaincre ce qui affaiblit notre intelligence et donc notre capacité au bonheur. C'est sur cette voie escarpée que Spinoza veut nous "conduire comme par la main à la connaissance de l'esprit humain et de sa suprême béatitude".