Spinoza, practical philosophy
by Gilles Deleuze · first published 1988
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…philosophers". After revising my approach he's rapidly becoming one of my favorite. Despite it's presentation, the Ethics is much better approached in a very non-linear fashion. edit: I also recommend Deleuze's Spinoza: Practical Philosophy. If you've read Deleuze's other work you may or may not be put off by this recommendation, but his work on Spinoza covers a lot of ground an is very readable.
on “A brilliant biography of an elusive genius: Spinoza” ↗If you’re interested in learning about monism, you’ll probably be interested in Spinoza. Deleuze provides excellent historical context and commentary in the book Spinoza: Practical Philosophy https://monoskop.org/images/d/d8/Deleuze_Gilles_Spinoza_Prac...
on “Neutral Monism” ↗…much akin to Feynman, in his works which disentangle the works of previous philosophers: Nietzsche and Philosophy (1962), Kant's Critical Philosophy (1963), Proust and Signs (1964), Bergsonism (1966), Spinoza: Practical Philosophy (1981), Foucault (1986), The Fold: Leibniz and the Baroque (1988). The aforementioned, What Is Philosophy? is also extremely clearly written, and it is one of the best books ever to tackle in such a direct…
on “What is Chess? What to think and how long for” ↗…Regardless, IMHO it's a good take. Reasonable people may disagree. In order, they're "Empiricism and Subjectivity," "Nietzsche and Philosophy," "Kant’s Critical Philosophy," "Proust and Signs," "Bergsonism," "Spinoza: Practical Philosophy," "Kafka: Toward a Minor Literature," "Francis Bacon: Logic of Sensation," and "Foucault." That is... a lot. IMHO, Nietzche, Spinoza, Foucault, and Kafka are the big ones, if you don't want to read like,…
on “Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy” ↗