The Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) ranks as a major thinker in the rationalist tradition, and his Ethics is a classic of Western philosophy. In his writings the crucial issues of metaphy...
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The Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza ranks as a major thinker in the rationalist tradition, and his Ethics is a classic of Western philosophy. His writings express the crucial issues of metaphysics mo...
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In the following essay, Bennett outlines the central theses of the Ethics and positions them in their historical context.
Chapter One: a Character Sketch of the Ethics
The central topic of this boo...
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In the following essay, Mark demonstrates how Spinoza's Ethics unifies his theories of knowledge, the emotions, and action.
In the first three parts of the Ethics, Spinoza offers a systemati...
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In the following essay, Parkinson studies Spinoza's life in order to elucidate the philosophical questions that animate the Ethics.
Spinoza's Ethics is one of the most difficult of ph...
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Politics: Democrats are wielding power in Congress like a runaway prosecutor. One House committee alone has conducted 20 probes. But Democratic Rep. John Murtha threatens a colleague and nothing is...
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The number of ethics violations just keeps growing. From corporate scandals to steroids in sports to political transgressions, wrongdoing seems to be in the news daily.But is it really any worse th...
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For those who have been following the Paul Wolfowitz scandal concerning a breach of ethics stemming from the World Bank promotion of his girlfriend, Shaha Riza, it is getting close to decision-maki...
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Members of Congress under an ethics cloud:SENATE_ Larry Craig, R-Idaho, arrested on June 11 in a Minneapolis airport men's room after an undercover officer observed conduct that he said was "often ...
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Incumbent California GOP lawmakers facing ethics questions:_Rep. John Doolittle _ The nine-term conservative from far Northern California is under investigation in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddl...
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The 411-8 roll call Tuesday by which the House voted to make lawmakers disclose more details of their efforts to fund pet projects and raise money from lobbyists.A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the ...
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A "bipartisan" task force appointed to fix flaws in the House ethics system issued recommendations Wednesday without a hint of bipartisanship.Only Democrats signed off on the plan. Republicans kept...
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Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza
Critical Essay by Jonathan Bennett
Ethics Gap
