Spinoza and the Case for Philosophy - Couverture rigide

Yakira, Elhanan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 110706998X ISBN 13 : 9781107069985

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2014

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This book analyzes three often-debated questions of Spinoza's legacy: was Spinoza a religious thinker? How should we understand Spinoza's mind-body doctrine? What meaning can be given to Spinoza's notions - such as salvation, beatitude, and freedom - which are seemingly incompatible with his determinism, his secularism, and his critique of religion. Through a close reading of often-overlooked sections from Spinoza's Ethics, Elhanan Yakira argues that these seemingly conflicting elements are indeed compatible, despite Spinoza's iconoclastic meanings. Yakira argues that Ethics is an attempt at providing a purely philosophical - as opposed to theological - foundation for the theory of value and normativity.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Elhanan Yakira is Schulman Professor of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has previously taught at the Sorbonne, cole Normale Suprieure in Paris, cole des Hautes tudes en Sciences Sociales, Pennsylvania State University and Indiana University. Yakira's previous publications include Ncessit, Contrainte et Choix: la mtaphysique de la libert chez Spinoza et Leibniz (1989), winner of the 1990 Charles Lambert Prize from Acadmie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, Institut de France; La causalit de Galile Kant (1994); Leibniz's Theory of the Rational (with Emily Grosholz, 1998); and Post-Zionism, Post-Holocaust (Cambridge, 2010).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 110706998X
• ISBN 13: 9781107069985
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 298