The Collected Works of Spinoza. Volume 1. Edited and translated by Edwin Curley.

SPINOZA - CURLEY

ISBN 10: 0691072221 / ISBN 13: 9780691072227

Published by Princeton University Press, 1985

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Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1985. XX, 727 pp. Very good copy.Orig. red cloth with dustjacket. SEWN. First edition. English translations. Contains: Treatise on the emendation of the intellect, Short treatise., Descartes' principles of philosophy, Ethics and Letters. Heavy item. For shipment outside Europe, extra postage might be required.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Collected Works of Spinoza. Volume 1. Edited and translated by Edwin Curley.
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691072221
• ISBN 13: 9780691072227
• Binding: Hardcover

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Synopsis

The Collected Works of Spinoza provides, for the first time in English, a truly satisfactory edition of all of Spinoza's writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the original-language texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the philosopher's work.


This first volume contains Spinoza's single most important work, the Ethics, and four earlier works: the Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect, the Short Treatise on God, Man, and His Well-Being, Descartes' "Principles of Philosophy," and Metaphysical Thoughts. Also included are Spinoza's letters from the periods when these works were being written.


The elaborate editorial apparatus―including prefaces, notes, glossary, and indexes―assists the reader in understanding one of the world's most fascinating, but also most difficult, philosophers. Of particular interest is the glossary-index, which provides extensive commentary on Spinoza's technical vocabulary.


A milestone of scholarship more than forty-five years in the making, The Collected Works of Spinoza is an essential edition for anyone with a serious interest in Spinoza or the history of philosophy.

About the Author

Edwin Curley is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Michigan. His books include A Spinoza Reader, Behind the Geometrical Method: A Reading of Spinoza's "Ethics," and Spinoza's Metaphysics. He is also the author of Descartes Against the Skeptics and the editor of an edition of Hobbes's Leviathan. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.