MEANING IN SPINOZA'S METHOD by Aaron V. Garrett ( 9780521039505 )

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MEANING IN SPINOZA'S METHOD

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Aaron V. Garrett

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

16 August, 2007

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256

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Garrett argues for the interconnection between Spinoza's method and the content of his philosophy.

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Readers of Spinoza's philosophy have often been daunted, and sometimes been enchanted, by the geometrical method which he employs in his philosophical masterpiece the Ethics. In Meaning in Spinoza's Method Aaron Garrett examines this method and suggests that its purpose, in Spinoza's view, was not just to present claims and propositions but also in some sense to change the readers and allow them to look at themselves and the world in a different way. His discussion draws not only on Spinoza's works but also on those of the philosophers who influenced Spinoza most strongly, including Hobbes, Descartes, Maimonides and Gersonides. This controversial book will be of interest to historians of philosophy and to anyone interested in the relation between form and content in philosophical works.

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