Spinoza (book)

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Spinoza

The 1962 Penguin Books edition
Author Stuart Hampshire
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre Philosophy
Published 1951 (Penguin Books)
Media type Print
Pages 237

Spinoza is a book about Baruch Spinoza by the English philosopher Stuart Hampshire, first published in 1951, with a revised edition in 1962.[1]

Outline

Hampshire explores Spinoza's conception of mind and will,[2] comparing him to Sigmund Freud.[3] He sees a parallel between Spinoza's conatus and Freud's conception of libido.[4]

Scholarly reception

Philosopher A. J. Ayer praised Hampshire's work for the lucidity of its exposition of Spinoza.[5]

Hampshire's work has been seen by Norman O. Brown as the classic statement of the view that Spinoza's materialism and rejection of mind-body dualism are supportive of hope in scientific enlightenment and economic development.[6] Spinoza has also been seen as the key to understanding Hampshire's own views on freedom and the philosophy of mind.[2]

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Hampshire 1962. p. 4.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Downie 2005. p. 358.
  3. ↑ Brown 1985. p. 47.
  4. ↑ Hampshire 1962. p. 141.
  5. ↑ Hampshire 1962. p. 7.
  6. ↑ Brown 1991. p. 127.

Bibliography

Books
  • Brown, Norman O. (1991). Apocalypse and/or Metamorphosis. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-07298-7. 
  • Brown, Norman O. (1985). Life Against Death: The Psychoanalytical Meaning of History. Hanover: Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 0-8195-6144-4. 
  • Downie, R. S. (2005). Honderich, Ted, ed. The Oxford Companion to Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-926479-1. 
  • Hampshire, Stuart (1962). Spinoza. London: Penguin Books. 
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