{"product_id":"the-collected-works-of-spinoza-volume-i-9780691072227","title":"The Collected Works of Spinoza, Volume I","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Collected Works of Spinoza\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis first volume contains Spinoza's single most important work, the \u003ci\u003eEthics\u003c\/i\u003e, and four earlier works: the \u003ci\u003eTreatise on the Emendation of the Intellect\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eShort Treatise on God, Man, and His Well-Being\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDescartes' \"Principles of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e,\" and \u003ci\u003eMetaphysical Thoughts\u003c\/i\u003e. Also included are Spinoza's letters from the periods when these works were being written. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA milestone of scholarship more than forty-five years in the making, \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Works of Spinoza\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential edition for anyone with a serious interest in Spinoza or the history of philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdwin Curley\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Michigan. His books include \u003ci\u003eA Spinoza Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBehind the Geometrical Method: A Reading of Spinoza's \"Ethics,\"\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpinoza's Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eDescartes Against the Skeptics\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of an edition of Hobbes's \u003ci\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523702296850,"sku":"9780691072227","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bb1e7f8e-34a6-4ac3-bc06-07c21e0a1356.jpg?v=1737227334","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-collected-works-of-spinoza-volume-i-9780691072227","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}