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Spinoza: Practical Philosophy
Spinoza's theoretical philosophy is one of the most radical attempts to construct a pure ontology with a single infinite substance. This book, which presents Spinoza's main ideas in dictionary form, has as its subject the opposition between ethics and morality, and the link between ethical and ontological propositions. His ethics is an ethology, rather than a moral science...more
Paperback, 130 pages
Published
January 1st 2001
by City Lights Publishers
(first published 1968)
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Deleuze offers a profound new understanding of Spinoza - as a predecessor to Nietzsche. The index of terms is helpful and provides foundational definitions for ideas that are more fully fleshed out in his book on Expressionism in Spinoza. However, even though Deleuze looks at Spinoza through a Nietzschean lens, he does not do away with all the metaphysical baggage and he does not grasp, as Antonio Negri later did, that the attribute is subsumed into the mind of finite modes and can only be under...more
I wasn't really aware of the nature of this book or I probably would've waited to read some Spinoza before tackling it. Overall, the book can provide a fair overview of Spinoza's life and work, but the bulk of the book is a dictionary of Spinozist terms which I, for one, had difficulty grasping without the proper background. The other chapters are illuminating, and make me want to read the Ethics very much, but the book overall is unlike any of Deleuze's other studies: it is entirely focused on...more
In contrast to other texts I've read by Deleuze (mostly his tedious cinema analyses), this writing has a lucidity and flow that is as clear as the water of a summers creek. His matching of Nietzche with Spinoza is as mind boggling in an anachronistic sense, as logical in a life affirming sense. Great thinkers don't write for (the pleasure and approval of) others, but only to what their insight wisdom tells them to: don't deny what rings true inside of you, even if it may be controversial or even...more
The passion which Deleuze brings to Spinoza is nothing less than inspiring.
dug all that shit about "substance"
chapter two is changing my mode of living, specifically how I organize my relations to (and of) joy and sadness in order to increase of decrease my power to act and think. Spinoza works to produce or better, propose , a philosophy that is not grounded in cartesian subjectivity and individualism, but instead derived from the material, affective, and realtional experiences of situated bodies. This book is an open door and a relief, at once.
and my conceptual paradigm (from morals to ethics).
and my conceptual paradigm (from morals to ethics).
This book is the easiest way to approach Spinoza that I'm aware of.
I've noticed that Spinoza is repeatedly referenced as a major influence by my favorite philosphers. This book expertly conveys the subtle joy and peace that comes from viewing the world through a Spinozist lense.
Oh, did I mention that it's short too?
I've noticed that Spinoza is repeatedly referenced as a major influence by my favorite philosphers. This book expertly conveys the subtle joy and peace that comes from viewing the world through a Spinozist lense.
Oh, did I mention that it's short too?
As a long time fan of both Mssrs. Spinoza and Deleuze, this made for a very impressive synthesis. Deleuze loses his weird, babbling writing style and becomes pretty lucid, showing the linkages between his own philosophy and the ecstatic monist perspective of Spinoza, showing subversive possibilities everywhere.
A good book to read as an introduction to Spinoza. It's also worthwhile to get this book to have as a reference or companion piece if you are doing any further exploration of Spinoza's work.
Nov 21, 2007
Matthew
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Sure, it's Deleuze. Yeah, it's quirky. Conatus, Deleuze finds, is an awfully good concept. He makes much of it. But it's not really all that Spinozian.
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Amazing, accessible intro to both Spinoza AND Deleuze, if you ask me.
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Deleuze is a key figure in postmodern French philosophy. Considering himself an empiricist and a vitalist, his body of work, which rests upon concepts such as multiplicity, constructivism, difference and desire, stands at a substantial remove from the main traditions of 20th century Continental thought. His thought locates him as an influential figure in present-day considerations of society, crea...more
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