Focus Philosophical Library translations are close to and are non-interpretative of the original text, with the notes and a glossary intending to provide the reader with some sense of the terms and the concepts as they were understood by Spinoza s immediate audience.

This is the paperback edition."

Focus Philosophical Library translations are close to and are non-interpretative of the original text, with the notes and a glossary intending to provide the reader with some sense of the terms and the concepts as they were understood by Spinoza s immediate audience.

This is the hardcover edition."

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.

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.

The only complete edition in English of Baruch Spinoza's works, this volume features Samuel Shirley s preeminent translations, distinguished at once by the lucidity and fluency with which they convey the flavor and meaning of Spinoza s original texts.

Michael L. Morgan provides a general introduction that places Spinoza in Western philosophy and culture and sketches the philosophical, scientific, religious, moral and political dimensions of Spinoza s thought. Morgan s brief introductions to each work give a succinct historical, biographical, and philosophical overview. A chronology and...

"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...

"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...

Baruch de Spinoza: Theologisch-politische Abhandlung

Edition Holzinger. Taschenbuch

Berliner Ausgabe, 2014, 3. Auflage

Vollstandiger, durchgesehener Neusatz mit einer Biographie des Autors bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Michael Holzinger

Erstdruck: Hamburg 1670, Tractatus theologico-politicus, anonym. Erste deutsche Ubersetzung von S. H. Ewald unter dem Titel Uber Heilige Schrift, Judentum, Recht der hochsten Gewalt in geistlichen Dingen, und Freiheit zu philosophieren, Gera 1787. Der Text folgt der Ubersetzung durch Julius Heinrich von Kirchmann von 1870. - Bei der...

Baruch de Spinoza: Ethik

Edition Holzinger. Taschenbuch

Berliner Ausgabe, 2014, 2. Auflage

Vollstandiger, durchgesehener Neusatz mit einer Biographie des Autors bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Michael Holzinger

In den Hauptteilen zwischen 1662 und 1665 entstanden und in den Jahren bis zu Spinozas Tod (1677) mehrfach uberarbeitet. Erstausgabe in: Opera posthuma, Amsterdam 1677. Erste deutsche Ubersetzung durch J. L. Schmidt unter dem Titel Baruch von Spinozas Sittenlehre, Frankfurt am Main und Leipzig 1744. Der Text folgt der Ubersetzung durch Jakob Stern von 1888....