Experience and Eternity in Spinoza

Pierre-Francois Moreau; Robert Boncardo

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2021

Experience and Eternity in Spinoza

Pierre-Francois Moreau and Robert Boncardo

In the series Spinoza Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474438919

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The first English-language translation of Pierre-François Moreau’s seminal study, which fundamentally transforms our inherited understanding of Spinoza’s philosophy

Presents a systematic reappraisal of Spinoza’s philosophical system around the enigmatic concept of experience
Demonstrates how Spinoza’s concept of experience is essential to an understanding of the Ethics, including such crucial concepts as necessity, infinitude and eternity
Bridges the divide in contemporary scholarship between Spinoza the affect theorist and Spinoza the hyper-rationalist

What could it mean to feel eternal? Through a detailed study of Spinoza’s concept of ‘experience’, Moreau shows how Spinoza extends the power of reason to domains frequently seen as irrational, from common life to history, language to the passions. Where previously Spinoza’s thought was identified exclusively with the geometrical method, Moreau demonstrates that by mobilising his unique account of ‘experience’, Spinoza is able to capture the singularity of individuals, their lives, languages, passions and societies.

With readings of each of Spinoza’s most famous works, from the Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect to the Ethics, but also unprecedented studies of minor writings such as the Hebrew Grammar, Moreau renews our understanding of Spinoza’s philosophy by showing us how his geometrical and experiential methods operate simultaneously. Finally, this new vision of Spinoza’s philosophy illuminates the enigmatic experience of eternity mentioned in Book V of Spinoza’s Ethics.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Can’t Stop the Feeling (of Being Eternal) Robert Boncardo Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xxiii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I Certitudo: The Journey of Philosophy
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1 The Status of the Prologue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2 The Stages of Certainty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
3 Common Life and Perishable Goods Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
4 The True Good Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
5 The ‘Animus’ and Love Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
6 The Circles of Experience Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
II Experientia: Determination and Fields of Experience
7 Determinations and Limits of Experience Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
8 Fields of Experience: Language Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	318
9 Fields of Experience: The Passions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	390
10 Fields of Experience: History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	477
III Aeternitas: The Experience of Eternity
11 A Metaphysical Experience? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	497
Conclusion: The Constitution of Spinoza’s System Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	560
An Infinite Internal to the Finite: An Interview with Pierre-François Moreau on Experience and Eternity in Spinoza Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	569
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	601
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	650
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Index Locorum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	654

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 688
Keywords: Philosophy

eBook

Published: March 24, 2022
ISBN: 9781474438919