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Through a detailed study of Spinoza’s concept of ‘experience’, Moreau shows how Spinoza extends the power of reason to domains frequently seen as irrational, from common life to history, language to the passions. Where previously Spinoza’s thought was identified exclusively with the geometrical method, Moreau demonstrates that by mobilising his unique account of ‘experience’, Spinoza is able to capture the singularity of individuals, their lives, languages, passions and societies. With readings of each of Spinoza’s most famous works, from the Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect to the Ethics, and also minor writings such as the Hebrew Grammar, Moreau renews our understanding of Spinoza’s philosophy by showing us how his geometrical and experiential methods operate simultaneously. Finally, this new vision of Spinoza’s philosophy illuminates the enigmatic experience of eternity mentioned in Book V of Spinoza’s Ethics.

Through a detailed study of Spinoza's concept of 'experience', Moreau shows how Spinoza extends the power of reason to domains frequently seen as irrational, from common life to history, language to the passions. Where previously Spinoza's thought was identified exclusively with the geometrical method, Moreau demonstrates that by mobilising his unique account of 'experience', Spinoza is able to capture the singularity of individuals, their lives, languages, passions and societies. With readings of each of Spinoza's most famous works, from the Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect to the Ethics, and also minor writings such as the Hebrew Grammar, Moreau renews our understanding of Spinoza's philosophy by showing us how his geometrical and experiential methods operate simultaneously. Finally, this new vision of Spinoza's philosophy illuminates the enigmatic experience of eternity mentioned in Book V of Spinoza's Ethics.

The first English-language translation of Pierre-Fran ois Moreau's seminal study, which fundamentally transforms our inherited understanding of Spinoza's philosophyPresents a systematic reappraisal of Spinoza's philosophical system around the enigmatic concept of experienceDemonstrates how Spinoza's concept of experience is essential to an understanding of the Ethics, including such crucial concepts as necessity, infinitude and eternityBridges the divide in contemporary scholarship between Spinoza the affect theorist and Spinoza the hyper-rationalistWhat could it mean to feel eternal? Through a detailed study of Spinoza's concept of 'experience', Moreau shows how Spinoza extends the power of reason to domains frequently seen as irrational, from common life to history, language to the passions. Where previously Spinoza's thought was identified exclusively with the geometrical method, Moreau demonstrates that by mobilising his unique account of 'experience', Spinoza is able to capture the singularity of individuals, their lives, languages, passions and societies. With readings of each of Spinoza's most famous works, from the Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect to the Ethics, but also unprecedented studies of minor writings such as the Hebrew Grammar, Moreau renews our understanding of Spinoza's philosophy by showing us how his geometrical and experiential methods operate simultaneously. Finally, this new vision of Spinoza's philosophy illuminates the enigmatic experience of eternity mentioned in Book V of Spinoza's Ethics.

Lire Spinoza, c’est décrire les lignes de force de son architecture théorique; analyser les textes essentiels où viennent se nouer les principales difficultés; insérer sa pensée dans le contexte hors duquel on ne peut déchiffrer son sens et ses enjeux. C’est aussi demeurer attentif à sa dimension controversiale et aux registres de son style, de son lexique et de son argumentation, ainsi qu’aux différents genres d’écriture philosophique qu’il a choisis : le dialogue et le traité, la lettre ou l’exégèse, la démonstration mathématique ou la scolie polémique. C’est enfin repérer les écarts significatifs qui marquent la production de son originalité et transforment une culture en interrogation systématisant. Il s’agit alors moins d’exposer une doctrine que de repérer et d’analyser les problèmes d’une philosophie.Ainsi peuvent prendre sens le rapport de Spinoza à Épicure ou à Descartes, sa reprise complexe de ce que Tacite dit des Juifs; sa relation à l’athéisme ou au matérialisme; l’usage qu’il fait du vocabulaire psychologique ou des textes bibliques traitant des prêtres ou des prophètes; la signification que prennent sous sa plume des notions comme la lumière naturelle, l’amour, le jugement, le doute ou le martyre.Pierre-François Moreau enseigne l’histoire de la philosophie à l’École Normale Supérieures des Lettres et Sciences humaine. Il dirige la nouvelle édition des Œuvres complètes de Spinoza.

La obra que el lector tiene en sus manos se ocupa de cuestiones de historia de la filosofía y, más en general, de cuestiones de historia de las ideas, dos disciplinas de las que no siempre se ve cuál es su utilidad inmediata. Ambas deben enfrentarse a tres tipos de adversarios: a quienes buscan en la filosofía una sabiduría, a quienes la practican como una técnica especializada y a quienes lisa y llanamente ponen en duda su interés.