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Staring into the Void
Harold Skulsky
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Description for Staring into the Void
Hardback. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 435.
Drawing extensively on the whole range of Spinoza’s philosophical writing, Staring into the Void devotes twelve chapters to showing in detail how the architecture of reality as Spinoza saw it rises in stages from a theory of being (the existence of only One Real Thing) to prophetically modern theories of the physical world (actual or possible), of causal law, of perceptual and intuitive knowledge, of determinism (and the kind of freedom that is compatible with determinism), of the roots of human motivation, and of the kinds of civil society that human nature is capable of sustaining. Professor Skulsky tries to ... Read more
Drawing extensively on the whole range of Spinoza’s philosophical writing, Staring into the Void devotes twelve chapters to showing in detail how the architecture of reality as Spinoza saw it rises in stages from a theory of being (the existence of only One Real Thing) to prophetically modern theories of the physical world (actual or possible), of causal law, of perceptual and intuitive knowledge, of determinism (and the kind of freedom that is compatible with determinism), of the roots of human motivation, and of the kinds of civil society that human nature is capable of sustaining. Professor Skulsky tries to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
Number of Pages
207
Place of Publication
Delaware, United States
ISBN
9781611491272
SKU
V9781611491272
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About Harold Skulsky
Harold Skulsky is the Mary Augusta Jordan Professor of English Language and Literature Emeritus at Smith College and adjunct professor of philosophy at Hofstra University.
Reviews for Staring into the Void
Extensive notes and an index round out this meticulously scholarly work, especially recommended for anyone studying Spinoza at length, as well as college library philosophy collections.
Midwest Book Review
Midwest Book Review