1st Edition
Spinoza, Metaphysics, and the Possibility of Salvation The Finite in the Infinite
Introduction
1. God
2. Mind and body
3. Striving human beings
4. Eternity of the mind and salvation
Conclusion: Is Spinoza’s philosophy incomprehensible?
Appendix 1: The structure of Ethics 2
Appendix 2: Duration, Time, and Eternity
Biography
Olli Koistinen is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Turku, Finland. His publications include Cambridge Companion to Spinoza’s ETHICS (editor, 2009), Spinoza: Metaphysical Themes (ed., with John Biro, 2002), Agent and Action (2001), and many papers on Spinoza, as well as publications on Kant and Descartes.
“Olli Koistinen brings his many years of devotion to Spinoza’s metaphysics to provide an overall interpretation which helps us see what it means to see the world through Spinoza’s lenses. His work is at once attentive to details and expansive in providing a landscape view of Spinoza’s strange and captivating universe.”
Charlie Huenemann, Utah State University, USA
