{"product_id":"9781604190564","title":"The Essence of Spinoza's Ethics","description":"\u003cp\u003eAxios Press's Essence of… series takes the greatest works ever written in the field of practical philosophy and pares them down to their essence. We select the best passages-the ones that are immediately relevant to us today, full of timeless wisdom and advice about the world and how best to live our lives-and leave behind the more obscure or less important bits. Our selections are not isolated: they flow together to create a seamless work that will capture your interest and attention from page one. And we provide useful notes and a solid introduction to the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaruch Spinoza is regarded as one of the very greatest of the Western philosophers. A Jewish lens grinder, he was expelled from his synagogue, never married, and lived as a boarder, supporting himself with daily work while corresponding with the great minds of Europe. Deliberately rejecting wealth, pleasure, and fame, he found complete contentment in developing a deductive logic that underlay both his view of the world and his famous ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEinstein said: \"I believe in Spinoza's God.\" The great German author Goethe said:\" [In] the Ethics of this man… I found the serenity to calm my passions…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat wonderful sentence 'he who truly loves God must not desire God to love him in return'… filled my whole subsequent thought.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition makes Spinoza's own words understandable by everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Axios Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051194597616,"sku":"9781604190564","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781604190564_p0.jpg?v=1769902576","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781604190564","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}