Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- 1 Spinoza's life and works
- 2 Spinoza's metaphysics
- 3 Spinoza's theory of knowledge
- 4 Spinoza's natural science and methodology
- 5 Spinoza's metaphysical psychology
- 6 Spinoza's ethical theory
- 7 Kissinger, Spinoza, and Genghis Khan
- 8 Spinoza's theology
- 9 Spinoza and Bible scholarship
- 10 Spinoza's reception and influence
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Spinoza's metaphysics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 May 2006
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- 1 Spinoza's life and works
- 2 Spinoza's metaphysics
- 3 Spinoza's theory of knowledge
- 4 Spinoza's natural science and methodology
- 5 Spinoza's metaphysical psychology
- 6 Spinoza's ethical theory
- 7 Kissinger, Spinoza, and Genghis Khan
- 8 Spinoza's theology
- 9 Spinoza and Bible scholarship
- 10 Spinoza's reception and influence
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In this chapter I shall present two problems which dominate Spinoza's metaphysics (sections 1-2), and then present his solution of one of them through his doctrine that there is only extended substance (sections 3-6). After a brief interlude looking at his views about necessity and time (sections 7-8), I then turn to Spinoza's treatment of the second problem, in his theory about how mentality fits into the universe (sections 9-14). Most of the references are to the Ethics Part 1 and the first few propositions of Part 2.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza , pp. 61 - 88Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995
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