Spinoza And The Case For Philosophy

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.

• • Author: Elhanan Yakira
• • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• • Publication Date: Dec 08, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 298 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 110706998X
• • ISBN-13: 9781107069985