Spinoza: Practical Philosophy by Gilles Deleuze (PDF)

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A concise and illuminating book about the Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza, one of the early thinkers of the Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism.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.Attention has been drawn to Spinoza by deep ecologists such as Arne Naess, the Norwegian philosopher and this reading of Spinoza by Gilles Deleuze lends itself to a radical ecological ethic. As Robert Hurley says in his introduction, “Deleuze opens us to the idea that the elements of the different individuals we compose may be nonhuman within us. One wonders, finally, whether Man might be defined as a territory, a set of boundaries, a limit on existence.”Gilles Deleuze, known for his inquiries into desire, language, politics and power, finds a kinship between Spinoza and Nietzsche. He writes, “Spinoza did not believe in hope or even in courage; he believed only in joy and in vision . . . he more than any other gave me the feeling of a gust of air from behind each time I read him, of a witch’s broom that he makes one mount.”Gilles Deleuze was a professor of philosophy at the University of Paris at Vincennes.Robert Hurley is the translator of Michel Foucault’s History of Sexuality.

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Editorial Reviews: About the Author Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was a French philosopher whose writings influenced many philosophical disciplines such as literary theory, post-structuralism and postmodernism. He also taught philosophy at the University of Paris at Vicennes.Robert Hurley was a translator for many French philosophers including Michael Foucault (History of Sexuality), Gilles Deleuze and George Bataille (Theory of Religion).

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⭐A great book, but a little odd. It has three parts, roughly equal length.1. A biography of Spinoza2. A few short essays. These are easy to read and simple, excellent for beginners. If you are more familiar with Spinoza and are looking for a more comprehensive evaluation you’re better off seeking Deleuze’s full length work on the subject, Spinoza: Expressionism in Philosophy.3. Glossary of Spinoza’s terms. These are summaries written by Deleuze and not just the definitions that Spinoza gives. Some of the entries are quite detailed, taking up multiple pages. They are enjoyable to read, but it may be difficult for beginners to follow along without having the context of them. This part best serves as a refresher while reading along with Spinoza’s works.

⭐Again, this review is not on the content, but on the so-called Kindle edition… This is not a kindle version, I don’t know if it’s even worthy of being called a PDF. Amazon should actually take this out of catalogue: it’s a poor-job of scanning (!!!), and by that I mean scanning two pages per screen… A complete waste of money and time. Just asked for reimbursement and will try to import the physical version instead.

⭐this book is just one idealists critique of another, light afternoon reading, pairs well with cheap beer.

⭐This book has a great way of explaining the underlying ideas inside found in the sometimes dense writings of Spinoza. Additionally, there is an entire chapter dedicated to terms used in Spinoza to help you understand his writings more.Finally, this book helps give insights into the foundation framework Deleuze uses in in later philosophical projects.

⭐A concise and thoughtful biography of Spinoza paired with an important monograph of Spinoza’s ethics. Deleuze brings in Nietzsche as a mediator to elaborate an approach towards ethics which privileges the body. I find this to be some of Deleuze’s most engaging writing.

⭐Writing is too difficult to follow. Not meant for ordinary readers.

⭐Like the introduction says, there are parts that are difficult, but other parts just made so much sense to me and helped me understand my favorite philosopher better.

⭐Beautiful !!! Thank you

⭐Si se quiere conocer a Spinoza, esta investigación de Giles Deleuze ayuda en la exploración de las ideas del filósofo racionalista.

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⭐This text helped me understand Spinoza more than just reading an excert from Wikiapedia. I recommend it to expand your mind and to allow one to understand a great thinker.

⭐Received as described and on time

⭐interesting starting point for thinking about Spinoza

⭐Very good!

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