God, man, and well being
Subtitle: Spinoza's modern humanism
By: Douglas J. Den Uyl.
Series: Masterworks in the western tradition -- v. 8
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
ISBN-13: 9780820444628
Subjects: Spinoza, Benedictus de, -- 1632-1677; Humanism -- History
Description: "This book explores the seventeenth-century philosopher Spinoza's modernist humanism. There is little doubt that Spinoza was one of the principal founders of modernity, but his modernism is often thought to come at the expense of a humanism. Drawing attention to Spinoza's humanism, this book concentrates on politics, ethics, and psychology in order to understand Spinoza's conception of the human being, and why that conception endures into our own time with particular relevance. This introduction to Spinoza's thought proceeds in a reverse order from the usual treatment: rather than beginning with a consideration of Spinoza's metaphysics, the discussion culminates in an exploration of those concepts.

In this way, this book is a deeper examination of what Spinoza himself thought, and allows the reader to consider more fully Spinoza's wider philosophy."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Politics; title: Activity; title: Ethics; title: Freedom; title: Modernity.