Affects, Actions and Passions in Spinoza: The Unity of Body and Mind

ISBN-13: 9781474433198 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 176 str.

Chantal Jaquet; Tatiana Reznichenko

Opis

Revisiting the generally accepted notion of psycho-physical parallelism in Spinoza, Chantal Jaquet offers a new analysis of the relation between body and mind. Looking at a range of Spinoza's texts, and using an original methodology, she analyses their unity in action through affects, actions and passions.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The Nature of the Union of Mind and Body in Spinoza; 2. Spinoza's Break with Descartes Regarding the Affects in Ethics III; 3. The Different Origins of the Affects in the Preface to the Theological-Political Treatise and in the Ethics; 4. The Definition of Affect in Ethics III; 5. Variations of the Mixed Discourse; Conclusion; Bibliography.