The Collected Works of Spinoza, Volume I [Hardcover]

The Collected Works of Spinozaprovides, for the first time in English, a truly satisfactory edition of all of Spinoza's writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the original-language texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the philosopher's work.

This first volume contains Spinoza's single most important work, theEthics, and four earlier works: theTreatise on the Emendation of the Intellect, theShort Treatise on God, Man, and His Well-Being,Descartes' Principles of Philosophy, andMetaphysical Thoughts. Also included are Spinoza's letters from the periods when these works were being written.

The elaborate editorial apparatusincluding prefaces, notes, glossary, and indexesassists the reader in understanding one of the world's most fascinating, but also most difficult, philosophers. Of particular interest is the glossary-index, which provides extensive commentary on Spinoza's technical vocabulary.

A milestone of scholarship more than forty-five years in the making,The Collected Works of Spinozais an essential edition for anyone with a serious interest in Spinoza or the history of philosophy.

Edwin Curleyis professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Michigan. His books includeA Spinoza Reader,Behind the Geometrical Method: A Reading of Spinoza's Ethics, andSpinoza's Metaphysics. He is also the author ofDescartes Against the Skepticsand the editor of an edition of Hobbes'sLeviathan. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. A major contribution to Spinoza scholarship . . . sets a new standard. ---Daniel E. Garber,Ethics This wonderful volume is as much an edition as it is a translation. . . . [Curley's] renderings bring one much closer to what Spinoza actually wrote than do those of any previous translator of Spinoza into English. .lSk