Michael Strawser is chair of the department of philosophy and professor of philosophy at the University of Central Florida.

Strawser offers an engaging reading of Spinoza as a systematic philosopher who makes love the heart of his system. His approach addresses difficult questions raised by Spinoza’s ethical views and shows the unity of Spinoza’s Ethics and his political works.

• Introduction: Amor sive GenerositasChapter 1: From Jewish Love Lessons to Amorous Perfectionism Chapter 2: Between the Courtesan and the Lens-grinderChapter 3: Descartes’s Illogic of LoveChapter 4: The Specter of Speciesism Chapter 5: Levinas and the Spinoza QuestionConclusion: Towards Collective NobilityBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Michael Strawser is chair of the department of philosophy and professor of philosophy at the University of Central Florida.

Strawser offers an engaging reading of Spinoza as a systematic philosopher who makes love the heart of his system. His approach addresses difficult questions raised by Spinoza’s ethical views and shows the unity of Spinoza’s Ethics and his political works.

• Introduction: Amor sive GenerositasChapter 1: From Jewish Love Lessons to Amorous Perfectionism Chapter 2: Between the Courtesan and the Lens-grinderChapter 3: Descartes’s Illogic of LoveChapter 4: The Specter of Speciesism Chapter 5: Levinas and the Spinoza QuestionConclusion: Towards Collective NobilityBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Michael Strawser is chair of the department of philosophy and professor of philosophy at the University of Central Florida.

Strawser offers an engaging reading of Spinoza as a systematic philosopher who makes love the heart of his system. His approach addresses difficult questions raised by Spinoza’s ethical views and shows the unity of Spinoza’s Ethics and his political works.

• Introduction: Amor sive GenerositasChapter 1: From Jewish Love Lessons to Amorous Perfectionism Chapter 2: Between the Courtesan and the Lens-grinderChapter 3: Descartes’s Illogic of LoveChapter 4: The Specter of Speciesism Chapter 5: Levinas and the Spinoza QuestionConclusion: Towards Collective NobilityBibliographyIndexAbout the Author