Philosophy of Spinoza

Unfolding the Latent Process of His Reasoning

Harry Austryn Wolfson

    VOLUME I

    Behind the Geometrical Method
    The Geometrical Method
    Definition of Substance and Mode
    Unity of Substance
    Simplicity of Substance
    Simplicity and Attributes Essence and Existence Definition of the Term "Infinite" Relation of Attribute to Substance
    Proofs of the Existence of God
    The Ontological Proof Spinoza's Four Proofs
    Extension and Thought
    The Framework of Spinoza's Universe Properties, Attributes, and Modes
    Infinity of Extension
    The Causality of God
    Materiality and Causality of God God as Free Cause The Meaning of Immanent Cause God as Conscious Cause
    Duration, Time, and Eternity
    The Story of Duration Duration and Time in Spinoza Eternity
    Modes
    Necessity and Purposelessness
    Intellect, Will, and Power Final Causes

    VOLUME II

    Body and Mind
    God and Man Extension and Thought in God Body and Mind in Man The Nature of Bodies
    The Cognitive Faculties
    Sensation Imagination and Memory Consciousness and Reason
    Truth
    The Three Stages of Knowledge
    Will
    Emotions
    Actions and Passions Conatus and Primary Passive Emotions Derivative Passive Emotions Active Emotions
    Virtues
    Emotions and Virtues Happiness and Virtue Society and the State Catalogue of Virtues
    Love, Immortality, and Blessedness
    A Metaphysic for Bilious Souls Love and Impersonality of God Immortality and the Intellectual Love of God The Religion of Reason
    What is New in Spinosa?

    List of Editions of Texts Used
    Index of References
    Index of Terms
    Latin Greek Hebrew Arabic
    Index of Subjects and Names

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Harry Austryn Wolfson was Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy, Emeritus, Harvard University.