Spinoza on Ethics and Understanding
This volume unites Peter Winch’s previously unpublished work on Baruch de Spinoza. The primary source for the text is a series of seminars on Spinoza that Winch gave, first at the University of Swansea in 1982 and then at King’s College London in 1989. What emerges is an original interpretation of Spinoza’s work that demonstrates his continued relevance to contemporary issues in metaphysics, epistemology and ethics, and establishes connections to other philosophers - not only Spinoza’s predecessors such as René Descartes, but also important 20th Century philosophers such as Ludwig Wittgenstein and Simone Weil. Alongside Winch's lectures, the volume contains an interpretive essay by David Cockburn, and an introduction by the editors.
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.