Michael Della Rocca is Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. He is the author of Representation and the Mind-Body Problem in Spinoza (Oxford 1996), Spinoza (Routledge 2008), and numerous articles in contemporary metaphysics and in early modern philosophy.

[an] extremely rich handbook, whose authors include some of the most notable Spinoza and early modern philosophy scholars ... By addressing one of the most complex and rich philosophers of his time, maybe of all times, this scholarship forces us to confront not only past interpretations of his philosophy but also to rethink certain philosophical categories and certain assumptions of what the job of philosophy is.

• ContributorsAbbreviations 1. Introduction Michael Della Rocca2. The Virtues of Geometry Aaron Garrett3. From Maimonides to Spinoza: Three Versions of an Intellectual Transition Kenneth Seeskin4. Spinoza and Descartes Tad M. Schmaltz5. The Building Blocks of Spinoza's Metaphysics: Substance, Attributes, and Modes Yitzhak Y. Melamed6. But Why Was Spinoza a Necessitarian? Charlie Huenemann7. The Principle of Sufficient Reason in Spinoza Martin Lin8. Spinoza and the Philosophy of Science: Mathematics, Motion, and Being Eric Schliesser9. Representation, Misrepresentation, and Error in Spinoza's Philosophy of Mind Don Garrett10. Finite Subjects in the Ethics: Spinoza on Indexical Knowledge, the First Person and the Individuality of Human Minds Ursula Renz11. Spinoza on Skepticism Dominik Perler12. The Highest Good and Perfection in Spinoza John Carriero13. Spinoza on Mind Olli Koistinen14. The Intellectual Love of God Steven Nadler15. The Metaphysics of Affects or the Unbearable Reality of Confusion Lilli Alanen16. Spinoza's Unorthodox Metaphysics of the Will Karolina Hübner17. Eternity Chantal Jaquet18. Spinoza's Philosophy of Religion Carlos Fraenkel19. Spinoza's Political Philosophy Michael A. Rosenthal20. Leibniz's Encounter with Spinoza's Monism, October 1675 to February 1678 Mogens Laerke21. Playing with Fire: Hume, Rationalism, and a Little Bit of Spinoza Michael Della Rocca22. Kant and Spinoza Debating the Third Antinomy Omri Boehm23. "Nothing Comes from Nothing": Judaism, the Orient, and Kabbalah in Hegel's Reception of Spinoza Paul Franks24. Nietzsche and Spinoza: Enemy-BrothersYirmiyahu Yovel25. Spinoza's Afterlife in Judaism and the Task of Modern Jewish Philosophy Michael L. Morgan26. Spinoza's Relevance to Contemporary Metaphysics Samuel Newlands27. Literary Spinoza Rebecca Newberger Goldstein

Michael Della Rocca is Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. He is the author of Representation and the Mind-Body Problem in Spinoza (Oxford 1996), Spinoza (Routledge 2008), and numerous articles in contemporary metaphysics and in early modern philosophy.

[an] extremely rich handbook, whose authors include some of the most notable Spinoza and early modern philosophy scholars ... By addressing one of the most complex and rich philosophers of his time, maybe of all times, this scholarship forces us to confront not only past interpretations of his philosophy but also to rethink certain philosophical categories and certain assumptions of what the job of philosophy is.

• ContributorsAbbreviations 1. Introduction Michael Della Rocca2. The Virtues of Geometry Aaron Garrett3. From Maimonides to Spinoza: Three Versions of an Intellectual Transition Kenneth Seeskin4. Spinoza and Descartes Tad M. Schmaltz5. The Building Blocks of Spinoza's Metaphysics: Substance, Attributes, and Modes Yitzhak Y. Melamed6. But Why Was Spinoza a Necessitarian? Charlie Huenemann7. The Principle of Sufficient Reason in Spinoza Martin Lin8. Spinoza and the Philosophy of Science: Mathematics, Motion, and Being Eric Schliesser9. Representation, Misrepresentation, and Error in Spinoza's Philosophy of Mind Don Garrett10. Finite Subjects in the Ethics: Spinoza on Indexical Knowledge, the First Person and the Individuality of Human Minds Ursula Renz11. Spinoza on Skepticism Dominik Perler12. The Highest Good and Perfection in Spinoza John Carriero13. Spinoza on Mind Olli Koistinen14. The Intellectual Love of God Steven Nadler15. The Metaphysics of Affects or the Unbearable Reality of Confusion Lilli Alanen16. Spinoza's Unorthodox Metaphysics of the Will Karolina Hübner17. Eternity Chantal Jaquet18. Spinoza's Philosophy of Religion Carlos Fraenkel19. Spinoza's Political Philosophy Michael A. Rosenthal20. Leibniz's Encounter with Spinoza's Monism, October 1675 to February 1678 Mogens Laerke21. Playing with Fire: Hume, Rationalism, and a Little Bit of Spinoza Michael Della Rocca22. Kant and Spinoza Debating the Third Antinomy Omri Boehm23. "Nothing Comes from Nothing": Judaism, the Orient, and Kabbalah in Hegel's Reception of Spinoza Paul Franks24. Nietzsche and Spinoza: Enemy-BrothersYirmiyahu Yovel25. Spinoza's Afterlife in Judaism and the Task of Modern Jewish Philosophy Michael L. Morgan26. Spinoza's Relevance to Contemporary Metaphysics Samuel Newlands27. Literary Spinoza Rebecca Newberger Goldstein

Michael Della Rocca is Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. He is the author of Representation and the Mind-Body Problem in Spinoza (Oxford 1996), Spinoza (Routledge 2008), and numerous articles in contemporary metaphysics and in early modern philosophy.

[an] extremely rich handbook, whose authors include some of the most notable Spinoza and early modern philosophy scholars ... By addressing one of the most complex and rich philosophers of his time, maybe of all times, this scholarship forces us to confront not only past interpretations of his philosophy but also to rethink certain philosophical categories and certain assumptions of what the job of philosophy is.

• ContributorsAbbreviations 1. Introduction Michael Della Rocca2. The Virtues of Geometry Aaron Garrett3. From Maimonides to Spinoza: Three Versions of an Intellectual Transition Kenneth Seeskin4. Spinoza and Descartes Tad M. Schmaltz5. The Building Blocks of Spinoza's Metaphysics: Substance, Attributes, and Modes Yitzhak Y. Melamed6. But Why Was Spinoza a Necessitarian? Charlie Huenemann7. The Principle of Sufficient Reason in Spinoza Martin Lin8. Spinoza and the Philosophy of Science: Mathematics, Motion, and Being Eric Schliesser9. Representation, Misrepresentation, and Error in Spinoza's Philosophy of Mind Don Garrett10. Finite Subjects in the Ethics: Spinoza on Indexical Knowledge, the First Person and the Individuality of Human Minds Ursula Renz11. Spinoza on Skepticism Dominik Perler12. The Highest Good and Perfection in Spinoza John Carriero13. Spinoza on Mind Olli Koistinen14. The Intellectual Love of God Steven Nadler15. The Metaphysics of Affects or the Unbearable Reality of Confusion Lilli Alanen16. Spinoza's Unorthodox Metaphysics of the Will Karolina Hübner17. Eternity Chantal Jaquet18. Spinoza's Philosophy of Religion Carlos Fraenkel19. Spinoza's Political Philosophy Michael A. Rosenthal20. Leibniz's Encounter with Spinoza's Monism, October 1675 to February 1678 Mogens Laerke21. Playing with Fire: Hume, Rationalism, and a Little Bit of Spinoza Michael Della Rocca22. Kant and Spinoza Debating the Third Antinomy Omri Boehm23. "Nothing Comes from Nothing": Judaism, the Orient, and Kabbalah in Hegel's Reception of Spinoza Paul Franks24. Nietzsche and Spinoza: Enemy-BrothersYirmiyahu Yovel25. Spinoza's Afterlife in Judaism and the Task of Modern Jewish Philosophy Michael L. Morgan26. Spinoza's Relevance to Contemporary Metaphysics Samuel Newlands27. Literary Spinoza Rebecca Newberger Goldstein