Spinoza, a collection of critical essays (Modern studies in philosophy)

An anthology of papers on Spinoza may perhaps fare a little better in this respect than any single interpretation. Through the very plurality of its perspectives it will at least exhibit indirectly some of the "tensions" and "conflicts" to which Mr. Hampshire refers. Even if each were still "imposed from outside"-and I believe that some of them, including Hampshire's own essay, are not so-they would give some indication of the richness of Spinoza"s thought. This Is Another Volume In The Modern Studies In Philosophy, A Series Of Anthologies Under The General Editorship Of Prof. Amelie Oksenberg Rorty, Which Present Contemporary Interpretations And Evaluations Of The Works Of Major Philosophers. This Volume, Consisting Of A Collection Of Papers By An Impressive Gallery Of Scholars, Offers A Plurality Of Perspectives On Spinoza. Each Interpretation Conflicts With Some Other; Yet Each Illuminates Some Aspect Of The Subject. All The Papers Reflect The Tensions And Conflicts Which Make For Very Exciting And Rewarding Reading. Still The Substantive Puzzles Remain And Will Continue To Excite And Fascinate Successive Generations Of Spinoza's Critics. Behind The Geometrical Method / H.a. Wolfson -- Experience In Spinoza's Theory Of Knowledge / E.m. Curley -- Spinoza And Language / David Savan -- Language And Knowledge In Spinoza / G.h.r. Parkinson -- Spinoza's Theory Of Knowledge In The Ethics / Guttorm Fløistad -- Substance And Its Modes / H.f. Hallett -- Essence And The Distinction Of Attributes In Spinoza's Metaphysics / Alan Donagan -- Spinoza's Letter On The Infinite / Martial Gueroult -- The Ontological Argument In Spinoza ; The Ontological Argument In Spinoza : Twenty Years Later / William A. Earle -- Eternity And Sempiternity / Martha Kneale -- Spinoza's Proof Of Immortality / Alan Donagan -- Spinoza And The Theory Of Organism / Hans Jonas -- The Two Eyes Of Spinoza / Leszek Kolakowski -- Spinoza And The Idea Of Freedom / Stuart Hampshire -- Spinoza's Account Of Imagination / R.g. Blair -- Action And Passion : Spinoza's Construction Of A Scientific Psychology / Marx Wartofsky -- Spinoza's Moral Philosophy / E.m. Curley -- Spinoza And The Political Problem / Hilail Gildin. Edited By Marjorie Grene. Bibliography: P. [389]-390. CONTENTS Introduction xi PART ONE Spinoza's Method H. A. WOLFSON Behind the Geometrical Method 3 E. M. CURLEY Experience in Spinoza's Theory of Knowledge 25 DAVID SAVAN Spinoza and Language 60 G. H. R. PARKINSON Language and Knowledge in Spinoza 73 GUTTORM FLOISTAD Spinoza's Theory of Knowledge in the Ethics 101 PART Two Metaphysics H.F. HALLETT Substance and Its Modes 131 ALAN DONAGAN Essence and the Distinction of Attributes in Spinoza's Metaphysics 164 MARTIAL GUEROuL T Spinoza ·s Letter on the Infinite 182 WILLIAM A. EARLE The Ontoiogical Argument in Spinoza :213 WILLIAM A. EARLE The Ontological Argument in Spinoza: Twenty Years Later 220 MARTHA KNEALE Eternity and Sempiternity 227 ALAN DON AGAN Spinoza 0S Proof of Immortality :241 HANS JONAS Spinoza and the Theory of Organism 259 LESZEK KOLAKOWSKI The Two Eyes of Spinoza 279 PART THREE The Nature of Man and Society STUART HAMPSHIRE Spinoza and the Idea of Freedom 297 R. G. BLAIR Spinoza's Account of Imagination 318 MARX WARTOFSKY Action and Passion: Spinoza's Construction of a Scientific Psychology 329 E. M. CURLEY Spinoza's Moral Philosophy 354 HILAIL GILDIN Spinoza and the Political Problem 377 Bibliography 389