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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; SPINOZA'S GEOMETRY OF POWER; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Spinoza's works; Collected works; The Ethics; Other works by Spinoza; Other sources; Introduction; Chapter 1: Spinoza on being; EARLY SPINOZA ON THE BEING OF ESSENCES; ETERNITY AND TEMPORALITY IN THE ETHICS; CHAPTER 2: Causation and geometry; THE FINAL, THE MATERIAL, AND THE EFFICIENT CAUSE; SUÁREZ ON THE FORMAL CAUSE AND EMANATION; SPINOZA AND THE FORMAL CAUSE IN GEOMETRY; SPINOZA AND THE ESSENTIALIST MODEL OF CAUSATION; CHAPTER 3: Power, existence, activity |
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POWER IN LATE SCHOLASTIC AND CARTESIAN METAPHYSICSPOWER REHABILITATED BY SPINOZA; THE POWERFUL EXISTENCE OF SUBSTANCES, MODES, AND ATTRIBUTES; POWER OF ACTING; CHAPTER 4: The derivation of the conatus doctrine; STRIVING IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION AND IN SPINOZA'S SYSTEM; SOME INFLUENTIAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE CONATUS ARGUMENT; THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF SELF-DESTRUCTION; POWER AND EXPRESSION; THE ARGUMENT RECONSTRUCTED; CHAPTER 5: The meaning of the conatus doctrine; THE INERTIAL READING; THE TELEOLOGICAL READING; CONATUS AS THE PRINCIPLE OF PERFECT ESSENCE REALIZATION |
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HUMAN AGENCY RECONCEIVEDESSENTIALISM AND TELEOLOGY; CHAPTER 6: Geometrical dynamics of individuality; POWER AND INDIVIDUATION; GEOMETRY OF THE PASSIONS; PHYSICAL INDIVIDUALITY AND THE FIELD METAPHYSIC; CONATUS, THOUGHT, AND REASON; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
A compelling view of existence as a realization of power, possessing an internal structure akin to that of geometrical objects |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 09, 2020) |
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Ontology.
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Causation.
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Power (Philosophy)
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Geometry -- Miscellanea
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ontology (metaphysics)
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Causation
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Geometry
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Ontology
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Power (Philosophy)
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Trivia and miscellanea
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781107007802 |
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1107007801 |
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9781139159418 |
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1139159410 |
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9781139157643 |
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1139157647 |
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9781139005210 |
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1139005219 |
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