Spinoza and the philosophy of love

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Spinoza and the philosophy of love

Michael Strawser

Lexington Books, c2021

  • : cloth

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-196) and index

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In Spinoza and the Philosophy of Love, Michael Strawser provides a new reading of Spinoza as a philosopher of love, and one who centered in his thought an ethically qualified conception of noble love. Strawser examines the threefold conception of love found in Spinoza's Ethics and argues that what is most important for Spinoza's philosophy is a unified conception of love centered on nobility (amor sive generositas). This active conception of love can conquer hatred and bring people together. Situating Spinoza's philosophy of love within both Jewish and Western philosophical traditions, Strawser investigates questions in the philosophy of love together with Spinoza and thinkers such as Saadia Gaon, Maimonides, Leono Ebreo, Tullia d'Aragona, and Rene Descartes. He shows how Spinoza deepens our understanding of amorous perfectionism and how this reading of Spinoza's philosophy of love serves as both a corrective to problematic readings, such as those found in Isaac Bashevis Singer and Emmanuel Levinas, and a counter to speciesism. With careful examination of Spinoza's writings, Strawser demonstrates that the goal of his philosophy is best understood as the love of other people who are to be helped and united with in friendship: Spinoza's philosophy of love calls for collective nobility.

目次

Introduction: Amor sive Generositas Chapter 1: From Jewish Love Lessons to Amorous Perfectionism Chapter 2: Between the Courtesan and the Lens-grinder Chapter 3: Descartes's Illogic of Love Chapter 4: The Specter of Speciesism Chapter 5: Levinas and the Spinoza Question Conclusion: Towards Collective Nobility Bibliography Index About the Author

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