A comprehensive and thorough guide to Spinoza's masterpiece of Rationalist thought>
A guide to Spinoza's masterpiece of Rationalist thought. It offers reader an unorthodox account of God, a novel version of the mind-body relation, a systematic theory of emotions and a prescription for human virtue and blessedness. It explains the philosophical background against which the book was written and the key themes inherent in the text.
1. Context; 2. Overview of themes; 3. Reading the text; 4. Reception and Influence; 5. Bibliography and Notes for Further Reading; Index.