Genevieve Lloyd is Professor of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales, Australia. She is the author of The Man of Reason: ‘Male’ and ‘Female’ in Western Philosophy and Being and Time: Selves and Narrators in Philosophy and Literature (both published by Routledge), and Part of Nature: Self-knowledge in Spinoza’s Ethics (1994).

• Chapter 1 Spinoza in his time and ours; Chapter 2 God, minds and bodies; Chapter 3 From bondage to freedom; Chapter 4 Intuitive knowledge and the intellectual love of God; Chapter 5 The way to wisdom;

'Lloyd's book offers a helpful, spirited and accessible introduction to the Ethics, articulating Spinoza's main insights in a powerful and distinctive fashion.' - Mind'An excellent, short introduction ... clear and concise.' - Women's Philosophy Review'This well-crafted and pithy introduction to Ethics, intended for students coming to Spinoza for the first time, ranks with the best of its kind.' - Religious Studies Review'A very sound and very imaginative guide to a rich and difficult text.' - Philosophical Books