Spinoza's Book of Life: Freedom and Redemption in the Ethics by Smith, Steven B

Yale University Press, 2003. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780300100198

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Yale University Press, 2003-12-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardback. New. Offering a new reading of Spinoza's masterpiece, Smith asserts that the 'Ethics' is a celebration of human freedom and its attendant joys and responsibilities and should be placed among the great founding documents of the Enlightenment.

Yale Univ Pr, 2003. Hardcover. New. 256 pages. 8.50x5.75x0.75 inches.

Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Yale Univ Pr. New. 2003. Hardcover. 0300100191 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - BRAND NEW, FLAWLESS COPY, NEVER OPENED - 256 pages -- DESCRIPTION: Most readers of Spinoza treat him as a pure metaphysician, a grim determinist, or a stoic moralist, but none of these descriptions captures the author of the Ethics, argues Steven B. Smith in this intriguing book. Offering a new reading of Spinoza's masterpiece, Smith asserts that the Ethics is a celebration of human freedom and its attendant joys and responsibilities and should be placed among the great founding documents of the Enlightenment. Two aspects of Smith's book distinguish it from other studies. It treats the famous "geometrical method" of the Ethics as a form of moral rhetoric, a model for the construction of individuality. And it presents the Ethics as a companion to… Read More