Ethics Audiobook

" I remember being fascinated by this as I read it: a system of ethics getting demonstrated logically. Like math! And I think you'll only enjoy it if you're also a math/logic geek. But... even if not, it's a fascinating tour of the brainpaths inside the weirdest lens-grinder who ever lived. "

" There are some excellent parts but overall too formalistic and abstract for me to grasp. You should be pretty smart to read this one. "

" I'm not sure which edition/translation of this book I read... The book's title is somewhat misleading,as what Spinoza presents his his own system of happiness from first principles. He asks the question "what is the greatest good and how to achieve it?" and tries to answer it using a rigorous axiomatic method. Unfortunately, at times he seems to play word games (like his definition of God), makes leaps of logic and uses terms in a different way, which hinders understanding. If you read any edition of this book, I recommend one that includes some of his shorter letters, as they help provide a snapshot view of where he is trying to go, which can aid in understanding this work. "

" Will finish reading Spinoza later. Read part one and did not care for it much. One has to enjoy Spinoza immensely in order to decipher through all his proofs and dense writing style. "

" Even though the book is titled 'Ethics', most of what Spinoza discusses in this text is now referred to as Metaphysics. i love it! "

" Spinoza introduces his idea that God and the universe are one and the same, meaning that God has both a spiritual and a physical nature, and that every human is a piece of God. "

" Trop puissant. bien sur je pense qu'une grande partie de sa theorie m'echappe et m'chappera toujours... "

" My favourite philosophy text of all time! "

" I would have given it four stars but it's hard to read. Surely not my fault. "

" One of the most comprehensive books on ethics I have ever read. Spinoza is ones of the worlds great free-thinkers! "

" Reading this (again). Spinoza's third kind of knowledge as something radically irreducible to cap[italism's axiomatics? "

" Deserves to be re-read again and again, both the postulates and the proofs. A beacon to look to whenever feeling lost. "

" Read the first 2 chapters, take it up sometimes, read a few pages. I think it is brilliant, but it's no easy reading. A lot of flipping back and forth. Imagine this guy in his own time. "

" In the words of Schleirmacher: "Spinoza... the exiled wholy man whose essence was The Inifinite". "

" Although the format is weird, written in geometric style, the work is very comprehensive, and still very relevant to modern discussions on several topics. A classic of western philosophy and a great example of the transition between medieval and early modern thought. "

" Like a graduated version of Descartes's ontology, only much cleaner. And he's a Jew! Well, an excommunicated Jew. "

" Possibly one of the most difficult books I've ever read, which is saying a lot since i was a philosophy minor, but once I got it, it was boggling. "

" A beautiful idea about ethics. "

" It's something that I advise many to read if that topic means something 2u. "

" one of formidable works for recognising the history of modern philosophy. "

" My favorite Philosophy book probably ever. Spinoza's Conception of God is one that even I can handle. His logical proofs are mind-numbingly beautiful as he explains an interesting form of determinism that I as of now, I am still unable to shake. "

" Unfortunately, either my preferred edition (from the Everyman Library) either isn't here or doesn't have an image. But this book may be my favourite work of philosophy, so why quibble? Beautiful, profound, wise and moving... if you can get through it. "

" I have great respect for Spinoza, but reading him makes my head hurt. "

" Not my cup of tea. He makes all the mistakes Descartes made while being only slightly more interesting. "

" A sublime picture of the university and humanity's place within it. Even after discarding the outmoded ontology Spinoza utilizes, there is quite a bit that one can keep as a viable philosophy, if one were so inclined. "

" A reasonable faith depends on "our willingness to disband the temporal certainties for the permanent possibilities." Spinoza's view from nowhere is a scientist's heaven. This book is now crammed into my nightstand collection, along with other sacred texts. "

" My favorite book of philosophy, he is not brief, but does cover basically everything. Eat your heart out Kant... "