Spinoza and Spinozism - Hardcover

Hampshire, Stuart

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199279535 ISBN 13: 9780199279531

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 2005

Synopsis

Stuart Hampshire, one of the most eminent British philosophers of the twentieth century, will be perhaps best remembered for his work on the seventeenth-century philosopher Spinoza, all of which is gathered now in this volume. Among the great thinkers of modern times, only Spinoza created a complete system of philosophy that rivals Plato's, with crucial contributions to every major philosophical topic.

Hampshire's classic 1951 book Spinoza remains the best introduction to this thinker, and it is reprinted here. But what gives particular interest to this new volume is the first publication of Hampshire's last work "Spinoza and Spinozism," an extended presentation of a Spinozist philosophical worldview. Hampshire's influential 1962 essay "Spinoza and the Idea of Freedom" is also included.

Spinoza and Spinozism is thus an ideal companion to the study and interpretation of this great philosopher.

About this title

About the Author:

Stuart Hampshire, (1914-2004) formerly Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, and Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University

Review:

Review from previous edition: "still widely considered the best introduction to Spinoza"

--The Guardian

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0199279535
• ISBN 13: 9780199279531
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264