There may initially seem to be no need for a collection of all of Don Garrett's "greatest hits" on Spinoza. Because Garrett's papers are very often timeless gems with which so many of us are already familiar, there may seem to be no call for such a collection. But this collection promises to deepen and extend the admiration of Garrett's fans -old and new -for an amazing body of work. Garrett's collection [also] includes several new instant classics -four substantial postscripts -which defend and develop his earlier contributions. These postscripts remind us that Garrett is still bringing forth new essays on Spinoza to which we can look forward.
Don Garrett is Silver Professor of Philosophy at New York University. He is the author of Hume and Cognition and Commitment in Hume's Philosophy, and the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he has served as co-editor of Hume Studies and as North American editor of Archiv f"ur Geschichte der Philosophie.