1999, ISBN: 1859847013

[EAN: 9781859847015], Neubuch, [PU: Verso], nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book seeks to show, against the grain of English language commentary, that… More...

[EAN: 9781859847015], Neubuch, [PU: Verso], nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book seeks to show, against the grain of English language commentary, that Spinoza is neither a Cartesian nor a liberal but precisely the most thoroughgoing materialist in the history of philosophy. The work begins by examining Spinoza’s notion of the materiality of writing, a notion developed through his examination of scripture. It then postulates the three fundamental principles of Spinoza’s philosophy: there can be no liberation of the mind without a liberation of the body, and no liberation of the individual without a collective liberation, and that the written form of these propositions itself possesses a corporeal existence, not as the realization or materialization of a pre-existing mental, spiritual intention, but as a body among other bodies. Ultimately, the book prompts us to consider Spinoza’s philosophy anew, by replacing questions like ¿Who has read it ¿ and ¿Of those, how many of us have understood it ¿ with ¿What material effects has it produced, not only on or in minds, but on bodies as well ¿ and ¿To what extent has it moved bodies and what has it moved them to ¿, Books<

1999, ISBN: 9781859847015

Spinoza and His Contemporaries, Buch, Hardcover, [PU: Verso Books], Verso Books, 1999

ISBN: 9781859847015

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