A Companion to Spinoza

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A Companion to Spinoza presents a panoramic view of contemporary Spinoza studies in Europe and across the Anglo-American world. Designed to stimulate fresh dialogue between the analytic and continental traditions in philosophy, this extraordinary volume brings together 53 original essays that explore Spinoza’s contributions to Western philosophy and intellectual history. A diverse team of established and emerging international scholars discuss new themes and classic topics to provide a uniquely comprehensive picture of one of the most influential metaphysicians of all time. Rather than simply summarizing the body of existing scholarship, the Companion develops new ideas, examines cutting-edge scholarship, and suggests directions for future research. The text is structured around six thematically-organized sections, exploring Spinoza’s life and background, his contributions to metaphysics and natural philosophy, his epistemology, politics, ethics, and aesthetics, the reception of Spinoza in the work of philosophers such as Kant, Schelling, Schopenhauer, and Hegel, and more. This unparalleled research collection combines a timely overview of the current state of research with deep coverage of Spinoza’s philosophy, legacy, and influence. Part of the celebrated Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series, A Companion to Spinoza is an ideal text for advanced courses in modern philosophy, intellectual history, and the history of metaphysics, and an indispensable reference for researchers and scholars in Spinoza studies. Contents Notes on Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction • Yitzhak Y. Melamed Part I: Life and Background 1 Spinoza’s Life • Piet Steenbakkers 2 Spinoza’s Philology • Piet Steenbakkers 3 Avicenna and Spinoza on Essence and Existence • Stephen R. Ogden 4 Spinoza and Maimonides on True Religion • Warren Zev Harvey 5 Spinoza and Scholastic Philosophy • Emanuele Costa 6 Spinoza and Descartes • Denis Kambouchner 7 Spinoza’s Dutch Philosophical Background • Henri Krop 8 Spinoza and Hobbes • Michael LeBuffe Part II: Metaphysics and Natural Philosophy 9 Spinoza’s Monistic Metaphysics of Substance and Mode • Don Garrett 10 Spinoza and Eternity • Pierre‐François Moreau 11 Spinoza on Causa Sui • Yitzhak Y. Melamed 12 Spinoza’s Physical Picture • John Carriero 13 Spinoza’s Mereology • Tad M. Schmaltz 14 Spinoza’s Metaphysics of Time • Raphael Krut‐Landau 15 Spinoza’s Infinities • Luce deLire 16 Spinoza on Diachronic Identity • Dominik Perler 17 Spinoza on Relations • Zachary Gartenberg 18 Spinoza on Numerical Identity and Time • John Morrison 19 Spinoza on Universals • Karolina Hübner 20 Spinoza’s Ontology of Power • Juan Manuel Ledesma Viteri 21 Spinoza’s Modal Theory • Olli Koistinen 22 Spinoza on Determination • Noa Shein 23 Spinoza’s Physics • Alison Peterman Part III: Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, and Psychology 24 Spinoza on Human and Divine Knowledge • Ursula Renz and Barnaby R. Hutchins 25 Reflective Knowledge • Kristin Primus 26 Spinoza Against the Skeptics • Stephan Schmid 27 Spinoza on Ideas of Affections • Lia Levy 28 The Mind‐Body Union • Chantal Jaquet 29 Spinoza’s Non‐Theory of Non‐Consciousness • Daniel Garber 30 Spinoza on the Passions and the Self • Andrea Sangiacomo 31 The Serpent and the Dove: Spinoza’s Two Paths to Enlightenment • Michah Gottlieb Part IV: Ethics, Politics, and Religion 32 Spinoza’s Moral Philosophy • Steven Nadler 33 Spinoza on the Constitution of Animal Species • Susan James 34 Essence, Virtue and the State • Erin Islo 35 Law and Dissolution of Law in Spinoza • Pina Totaro 36 Spinoza’s Notion of Freedom • Moira Gatens 37 Spinoza’s “Republican Idea of Freedom” • Michael A. Rosenthal 38 Spinoza and Economics • Eric Schliesser 39 Spinoza and Feminism • Hasana Sharp 40 Spinoza and International Law • Moa De Lucia Dahlbeck 41 The Intellectual Love of God • Clare Carlisle 42 Spinoza and Scripture • Dan Arbib Part V: Aesthetics and Language 43 Spinoza’s Aesthetics • Domenica G. Romagni 44 Following Traces in the Sand: Spinoza on Semiotics • Lorenzo Vinciguerra 45 Spinoza and the Grammar of the Hebrew Language • Guadalupe González Diéguez Part VI: Spinoza’s Reception 46 Leibniz and Spinoza on Plenitude and Necessity • Jean‐Pascal Anfray 47 Spinoza in France, ca. 1670–1970 • Mogens Lærke 48 Kant and Spinoza • Colin Marshall 49 N ietzsche and Spinoza • Jason M. Yonover 50 Schelling with Spinoza on Freedom • Daniel Dragićević 51 Hegel on Spinozism and the Beginning of Philosophy • José María Sánchez de León Serrano 52 Schopenhauer’s Critique of Spinoza’s Pantheism, Optimism, and Egoism • Mor Segev 53 Spinoza and Popular Philosophy • Jack Stetter Index