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The structure of Spinoza's world /

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"This book provides a reinterpretation of Spinoza's metaphysics that aims to understand the powerful ways in which structural notions inform the development of his philosophy. Concepts such as substance, mode, and attribute have often been treated as monoliths in the scholarly community se...

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Main Author: Costa, Emanuele, Ph. D. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Subjects:
Spinoza, Benedictus de, > 1632-1677
Metaphysics.
Métaphysique.
metaphysics.
PHILOSOPHY.
Religious.
History of philosophy, philosophical traditions.
Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • I.1 What's in a World?
  • I.2 Metaphysical Monism and Interpretative Pluralism
  • I.3 Structures and Relations
  • I.4 A Summary of the Chapters
  • 1 The Bare Bones of the World: Causation, Limitation, Inherence, Conception
  • 1.1 Method and Methodology
  • 1.2 A Metaphysical Ride
  • 1.3 Immanent Causation, Panentheism, and Limitation
  • 1.4 From Pluralist Structure to Causal Independence
  • 1.5 From Causal Independence to Causa Sui
  • 1.6 A Structure of One: Monism
  • 1.7 Naturare
  • 2 The Winding Paths of Substance: Expression, Involvement, and Aspectual Distinction
  • 2.1 Ontological Expression
  • 2.2 Expressionism and Explanation
  • 2.3 The Attributal Deadlock
  • 2.4 Aspects, Distinctions, and the Realm of Quatenus
  • 2.4.1 Eternal Entailment
  • 2.4.2 Carry-over Properties
  • 2.4.3 Expressing God's Mind
  • 2.4.4 Infinite Modes
  • 2.5 Enter Finitude
  • 2.6 Attributes at Work (Spinoza's Parallelism)
  • 2.7 White Modes
  • 2.8 The Decalogue of Expression
  • 3 Unfolding Time: Eternity, Duration, and the Essences of Things
  • 3.1 Time as a Construct
  • 3.2 Modal Time
  • 3.3 The Aspects of Essences
  • 3.4 The Onto-Temporal Grid
  • 3.5 An Essence in Time
  • 3.6 The Fleeting Laws of Time
  • 4 To Build a World: Individuals, Composition, and the Universe as a Whole
  • 4.1 Questioning Individuality
  • 4.2 Knowing Individuality
  • 4.3 The Definition of Individuality
  • 4.4 Shifting Structures
  • 4.5 The Face of the Whole Universe
  • 4.6 The Puzzles of Infinite Individuals
  • 5 The Human Point of View: Action, Passion, Striving, Affects
  • 5.1 Reducing Action
  • 5.2 God as Agens and Patiens
  • 5.3 Striving for Action
  • 5.4 The Con-Struction of Affects
  • 5.5 Acting Freely
  • 5.6 The Eternal Bento
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Terms
  • Index of References