Notes on Contributors xi List of Abbreviations xvii Introduction xix Yitzhak Y. Melamed Part I Life and Background 1 1 Spinoza''s Life 3 Piet Steenbakkers 2 Spinoza Philology 15 Piet Steenbakkers 3 Avicenna and Spinoza on Essence and Existence 30 Stephen R. Ogden 4 Spinoza and Maimonides on True Religion 41 Warren Zev Harvey 5 Spinoza and Scholastic Philosophy 47 Emanuele Costa 6 Spinoza and Descartes 56 Denis Kambouchner 7 Spinoza''s Dutch Philosophical Background 68 Henri Krop Copyrighted Material 8 Spinoza and Hobbes 81 Michael LeBuffe Part II Metaphysics and Natural Philosophy 93 9 Spinoza''s Monistic Metaphysics of Substance and Mode 95 Don Garrett 10 Spinoza and Eternity 108 PierreFrançois Moreau 11 Spinoza on Causa Sui 116 Yitzhak Y. Melamed 12 Spinoza''s Physical Picture 126 John Carriero 13 Spinoza''s Mereology 135 Tad M. Schmaltz 14 Spinoza''s Metaphysics of Time 144 Raphael KrutLandau 15 Spinoza''s Infinities 158 Luce deLire 16 Spinoza on Diachronic Identity 170 Dominik Perler 17 Spinoza on Relations 179 Zachary Gartenberg 18 Spinoza on Numerical Identity and Time 189 John Morrison 19 Spinoza on Universals 204 Karolina Hübner 20 Spinoza''s Ontology of Power 214 Juan Manuel Ledesma Viteri 21 Spinoza''s Modal Theory 222 Olli Koistinen 22 Spinoza on Determination 231 Noa Shein 23 Spinoza''s Physics 240 Alison Peterman Part III Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, and Psychology 251 24 Spinoza on Human and Divine Knowledge 253 Ursula Renz and Barnaby R. Hutchins 25 Reflective Knowledge 265 Kristin Primus 26 Spinoza Against the Skeptics 276 Stephan Schmid 27 Spinoza on Ideas of Affections 286 Lia Levy 28 The MindBody Union 296 Chantal Jaquet 29 Spinoza''s NonTheory of NonConsciousness 304 Daniel Garber 30 Spinoza on the Passions and the Self 328 Andrea Sangiacomo 31 The Serpent and the Dove: Spinoza''s Two Paths to Enlightenment 338 Michah Gottlieb Part IV Ethics, Politics, and Religion 349 32 Spinoza''s Moral Philosophy 351 Steven Nadler 33 Spinoza on the Constitution of Animal Species 365 Susan James 34 Essence, Virtue and the State 375 Erin Islo 35 Law and Dissolution of Law in Spinoza 384 Pina Totaro 36 Spinoza''s Notion of Freedom 394 Moira Gatens 37 Spinoza''s "Republican Idea of Freedom" 402 Michael A. Rosenthal 38 Spinoza and Economics 410 Eric Schliesser 39 Spinoza and Feminism 422 Hasana Sharp 40 Spinoza and International Law 431 Moa De Lucia Dahlbeck 41 The Intellectual Love of God 440 Clare Carlisle 42 Spinoza and Scripture 449 Dan Arbib Part V Aesthetics and Language 463 43 Spinoza''s Aesthetics 465 Domenica G. Romagni 44 Following Traces in the Sand: Spinoza on Semiotics 474 Lorenzo Vinciguerra 45 Spinoza and the Grammar of the Hebrew Language 483 Guadalupe González Diéguez Part VI Spinoza''s Reception 493 46 Leibniz and Spinoza on Plenitude and Necessity 495 JeanPascal Anfray 47 Spinoza in France, ca.
1670-1970 506 Mogens Lærke 48 Kant and Spinoza 517 Colin Marshall 49 Nietzsche and Spinoza 527 Jason M. Yonover 50 Schelling with Spinoza on Freedom 538 Daniel Dragicévic 51 Hegel on Spinozism and the Beginning of Philosophy 548 José María Sánchez de León Serrano 52 Schopenhauer''s Critique of Spinoza''s Pantheism, Optimism, and Egoism 557 Mor Segev 53 Spinoza and Popular Philosophy 568 Jack Stetter Index 579.