Spinoza's Short Treatise on God, Man, and His Well-Being: Translated and Edited, With an Introduction and Commentary and a Life of Spinoza (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Spinoza's Short Treatise on God, Man, and His Well-Being: Translated and Edited, With an Introduction and Commentary and a Life of SpinozaThis volume is primarily intended to be an introduction to the philosophy Of Spinoza. The Short Treatise, though by no means free from difficulties, is well adapted for the pur pose. It contains the essentials Of Spinoza's philosophy in a less exacting form than the Ethics with its rigid geometric method. The Short Treatise cannot, Of course, take the place Of the Ethics, but it prepares the way for a much easier and more profitable study Of it than is otherwise possible. The Introduction and the Commentary provide all the help that the reader is likely to require.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.