Product Description

provides, for the first time in English, a truly satisfactory edition of all of Spinoza's writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the original-language texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the philosopher's work. This first volume contains Spinoza's single most important work, the , and four earlier works: the , the , ," and . Also included are Spinoza's letters from the periods when these works were being written. The elaborate editorial apparatusincluding prefaces, notes, glossary, and indexesassists the reader in understanding one of the world's most fascinating, but also most difficult, philosophers. Of particular interest is the glossary-index, which provides extensive commentary on Spinoza's technical vocabulary. A milestone of scholarship more than forty-five years in the making, is an essential edition for anyone with a serious interest in Spinoza or the history of philosophy.