The Principles of Cartesian Philosophy

by Benedict de Spinoza, Samuel Shirley (Translator), Steven Barbone (Introduction), Lee Rice

Overview

With meticulous scholarship and an accurate, highly readable translation, this volume sheds light not only on Spinoza's debt to Descartes but also on the development of Spinoza's own thought.

Appearing for the first time in English translation, Lodewijk Meyer's inaugural dissertation on matter (1683)--relevant for its comments on Descartes, Spinoza, and other thinkers of the time--is appended with notes and a short commentary. Cross-references to Descartes's Principles of Philosophy are provided in an index, and there is an extensive bibliography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780872204010
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	03/01/1998
Series:	Hackett Classics Series
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Samuel Shirley, (1912-2006), was Classics Exhibitioner of Balliol College, Oxford, and Latin Lecturer at Cardiff University.