Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Note on the text; 1. The life of Spinoza; 2. Spinoza's philosophy in Its historical context; 3. God; 4. The human mind; 5. The human emotions; 6. Spinoza`s virtue ethic; 7. Freedom and blessedness; 8. The individual and the state; 9. The theology of the theological-political treatise; Index.