280 Pages
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Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
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Routledge
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Bertrand Russell’s professional philosophical reputation rests mainly on his mathematical logic and theory of knowledge. In this study, first published in 1985, however, Kenneth Blackwell considers Russell’s writings on ethics and metaethics and uncovers the conceptual unity in Russell’s normative ethic. He traces that unity to the influence of Spinoza’s central ethical concept, the ‘intellectual... Read more
Preface 1. Introduction Part 1: Russell’s Writings on Spinoza 2. The Early Period (1881-1901) 3. The Middle Period (1907-12) 4. The Late Period (1914-54) Part 2: Russell’s Spinozistic Ethic 5. Amor Dei Intellectualis 6. Development of the Ethic of Impersonal Self-Enlargement 7. Evaluation of a Normative Ethic. Bibliography. Index of Citations. Russell’s Work. Spinoza’s Works
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Kenneth Blackwell
