{"product_id":"spinozas-book-of-life-steven-b-smith-9780300100198","title":"Spinoza's Book of Life: Freedom and Redemption in the Ethics","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost readers of Spinoza treat him as a pure metaphysician, a grim determinist, or a stoic moralist, but none of these descriptions captures the author of the \u003ci\u003eEthics, \u003c\/i\u003eargues Steven B. Smith in this intriguing book. Offering a new reading of Spinoza's masterpiece, Smith asserts that the Ethics is a celebration of human freedom and its attendant joys and responsibilities and should be placed among the great founding documents of the Enlightenment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo aspects of Smith's book distinguish it from other studies. It treats the famous \"geometrical method\" of the \u003ci\u003eEthics \u003c\/i\u003eas\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea form of moral rhetoric, a model for the construction of individuality. And it presents the \u003ci\u003eEthics \u003c\/i\u003eas\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea companion to Spinoza's major work of political philosophy, the \u003ci\u003eTheologico-Political Treatise, \u003c\/i\u003eeach work helping to explore the problem of freedom. Affirming Spinoza's centrality for both critics and defenders of modernity, the book will be of value to students of political theory, philosophy, and intellectual history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven B. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300100191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300100198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.56h x 5.68w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 117\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2004 pg. 1895","brand":"Steven B. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057811812607,"sku":"9780300100198","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e3d6f166-364f-43dd-b5a5-eabbf79c1af1.jpg?v=1685049007","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spinozas-book-of-life-steven-b-smith-9780300100198","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}