Spinoza on Ethics and Understanding

Peter Winch was Professor of Philosophy at King's College London and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. David Cockburn is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at University of Wales, Trinity Saint David. Michael Campbell is a researcher at the Centre for Ethics in the University of Pardubice. Sarah Tropper is a researcher at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt.

• Acknowledgements; Editors' Introduction; Winch, Spinoza and the Human Body, by David Cockburn; Note on the Text; Abbreviations; Spinoza: Ethics and Understanding; 1. Method and Judgement; 2. Substance and Attributes; 3. Negation, Limitation, and Modes; 4. Mind and Body; 5. The Emotions, Good and Evil; 6. The Life of Reason; Bibliography; Index.

"Peter Winch’s depth as a philosopher comes out in the depth of his engagement with Spinoza. Spinoza’s ethical concerns resonated with Winch’s own; and his lectures are wonderfully expressive of how he saw philosophy itself. Winch’s discussions of the complex relation between Descartes’s philosophy and that of Spinoza are among the most valuable features of this fine book." — Cora Diamond, Kenan Professor Of Philosophy Emerita, Department of Philosophy, University of Virginia