Spinoza's Philosophy of Ratio

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Edited by Beth Lord, University of Aberdeen

Publisher:: Edinburgh University Press
Online publication date:: April 2021
Print publication year:: 2018
Online ISBN:: 9781474420440

Subjects:: Philosophy: General Interest, Philosophy

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These essays explore the surprisingly varied dimensions of ratio: an unacknowledged keystone of Spinoza's thought. They take you from Spinoza's geometrical diagrams to his concepts of mind, body, the emotions and the cosmos.

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iv

Acknowledgements
pp v-v

Abbreviations of Spinoza’s Works
pp vi-vi

Introduction
pp 1-4

1 - Spinoza’s Ontology Geometrically Illustrated: A Reading of Ethics IIP8S
pp 5-18

2 - Reason and Body in Spinoza’s Metaphysics
pp 19-32

3 - Ratio and Activity: Spinoza’s Biologising of the Mind in an Aristotelian Key
pp 33-45

4 - Harmony in Spinoza and his Critics
pp 46-60

5 - Ratio as the Basis of Spinoza’s Concept of Equality
pp 61-73

6 - Proportion as a Barometer of the Affective Life in Spinoza
pp 74-88

7 - Spinoza, Heterarchical Ontology, and Affective Architecture
pp 89-107

8 - Dissimilarity: Spinoza’s Ethical Ratios and Housing Welfare
pp 108-124

9 - The Greater Part: How Intuition Forms Better Worlds
pp 125-140

10 - Slownesses and Speeds, Latitudes and Longitudes: In the Vicinity of Beatitude
pp 141-154

11 - The Eyes of the Mind: Proportion in Spinoza, Swift, and Ibn Tufayl
pp 155-168

Notes on Contributors
pp 169-171

Bibliography
pp 172-184

Index
pp 185-186

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