From his geometrical method to his theory of mind and body and from his account of the emotions to his doctrine of how to live well, ratio is of prime importance in spinoza s philosophy. This book provides enough detail and background to help prepare the brave for an actual excursion into the primary text itself. Baruch spinoza was a philosopher of portuguese sephardi origin born in a community of. In accordance with the wishes of his father he studied theology, but soon showed a decided preference for free philosophical speculation. Exploring central aspects of the role of sexuality in deleuzes philosophy for deleuze, sexuality is a force that can capture as well as liberate life. This item appears in the following collections faculty of philosophy, theology and religious studies 9754. On this site, you can find a digital and multilingual publication of spinozas ethics that offers several translations, hypertextual navigation and search tools. An excellent example of one such larger work is steven nadlers spinoza s ethics. Open access publications 51529 freely accessible full text publications. Spinoza himself very well knows this aspect of human nature and thus says in his book, theologico political treatise men would never be. Discover spinoza s philosophy of ratio, from geometry and reason to bodies, affects and architecture.
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