The Collected Works of Spinoza, Volume II

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Collected Works of Spinoza, Volume II
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Benedictus de Spinoza
Edited and translated by Edwin Curley
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:792
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152
Category/GenreWestern philosophy - c 1600 to c 1900
Social and political philosophy
Philosophy of religion
ISBN/Barcode 9780691167633
ClassificationsDewey:199.392
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 6 line illus.

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 7 June 2016
Publication Country United States

Description

The Collected Works of Spinoza provides, for the first time in English, a truly satisfactory edition of all of Spinoza's writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the original-language texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the philosopher's work. The centerpiece of this second vol

Author Biography

Edwin Curley is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Michigan. His books include A Spinoza Reader, Behind the Geometrical Method: A Reading of Spinoza's "Ethics," and Spinoza's Metaphysics. He is also the author of Descartes Against the Skeptics and the editor of an edition of Hobbes's Leviathan. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Reviews

One of The Times Literary Supplement's Books of the Year 2016, chosen by Clare Carlisle "The Collected Works of Spinoza has been the labour of a lifetime, and it provides us with a fluent, meticulous, consistent and usefully annotated English version of everything Spinoza wrote (except the Hebrew grammar), and a fresh opportunity to see his arguments in detail and to see them whole."--Jonathan Ree, London Review of Books "A magnificent achievement and a beautiful companion to the first volume. This edition will last--I'm hesitant to say forever--but it's hard for me to see how it will ever be surpassed."--Steven Smith, Yale University