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Spinoza''s Religion: A New Reading of the Ethics

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By (author): Clare Carlisle

A bold reevaluation of Spinoza that reveals his powerful, inclusive vision of religion for the modern age

Spinoza is widely regarded as either a God-forsaking atheist or a God-intoxicated pantheist, but Clare Carlisle says that he was neither. In Spinozas Religion, she sets out a bold interpretation of Spinoza through a lucid new reading of his masterpiece, the Ethics. Putting the question of religion centre-stage but refusing to convert Spinozism to Christianity, Carlisle reveals that being in God unites Spinozas metaphysics and ethics. Spinozas Religion unfolds a powerful, inclusive philosophical vision for the modern ageone that is grounded in a profound questioning of how to live a joyful, fully human life.

Like Spinoza himself, the Ethics doesnt fit into any ready-made religious category. But Carlisle shows how it wrestles with the question of religion in strikingly original ways, responding both critically and constructively to the diverse, broadly Christian context in which Spinoza lived and worked. Philosophy itself, as Spinoza practiced it, became a spiritual endeavor that expressed his devotion to a truthful, virtuous way of life. Offering startling new insights into Spinozas famously enigmatic ideas about eternal life and the intellectual love of God, Carlisle uncovers a Spinozist religion that integrates self-knowledge, desire, practice, and embodied ethical life to reach toward our highest happinessto rest in God.

Seen through Carlisles eyes, the Ethics prompts us to rethink not only Spinoza but also religion itself.

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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
  • Publication Date: 13 Jun 2023
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780691224190

About Clare Carlisle

Clare Carlisle is Professor of Philosophy at Kings College London and the author of six previous books including Philosopher of the Heart: The Restless Life of Søren Kierkegaard. She is also the editor of George Eliots translation of Spinozas Ethics (Princeton). She grew up in Manchester and lives in London.

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