The Bloomsbury Companion to Spinoza

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The Bloomsbury Companion to SpinozaAuthor(s): Wiep van Bunge, Henri Krop, Piet Steenbakkers, Jeroen M.M. van de Ven\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781472532725, 978-1472532725\nSynopsis\nBenedictus Spinoza [tel] was among the most important of the post-Cartesian philosophers of the second half of the seventeenth century and is still widely studied today. He made original contributions in every major area of philosophy and is best known for his Ethics, which is often held up as a supreme example of a self-contained metaphysical system intended to explain the universe.\n\nThe Bloomsbury Companion to Spinoza is the first to offer an accessible, encyclopaedic account of Spinoza's life and ideas, his influences and commentators, and his lasting significance. Some of the best features include an annotated chronology of Spinoza's life, bibliographies of his major influences and critics, a substantive dictiona.