Prefatory Explanation It must be remarked at once that I am 'editor' of this volume only in that I had the honor of presiding at the symposium on Spinoza and th

The question raised in this book is why Spinoza’s work which comes so close to the modern view of natural science is not prominent in the social sciences. The

Baruch Spinoza wants us to do one thing only: think clearly. But how? This book offers the reader an accessible picture of Spinoza's three-grade theory of knowl

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Offering a new reading of Spinoza's masterpiece, Smith asserts that the 'Ethics' is a celebration of human freedom and its attendant joys and responsibilities a