Time, Duration and Eternity in Spinoza - (Spinoza Studies) by Chantal Jaquet

About the Book

A translation of the first book written by one of the most famous and authoritative Spinoza scholars in the world today.

Book Synopsis

Jaquet offers a detailed analysis of time, duration, and eternity in Spinoza's works, as well as how these themes relate to each other through the entirety of his corpus. With Spinoza, she asks how it is possible for human beings, as finite modes of existence, to share in God's eternity, as well as how human existence relates to the eternity of God, or Nature.
This translation will allow English readers to closely track the concepts of time, duration, and eternity from the early Spinoza through to the last of his works. It will also situate his thought in relation to the scholastic philosophies that preceded him, all with close attention to the Latin throughout.

From the Back Cover

Chantal Jaquet offers a detailed analysis of time, duration and eternity from the early works of Spinoza to its eventual shape in the Ethics and Theologico-Political Treatise. She asks how it is possible for human beings, as finite modes of existence, to share in God's eternity, as well as how human existence relates to the eternity of God, or Nature. Jaquet situates Spinoza's thought in relation to the scholastic philosophies that preceded him, all with close attention to the Latin throughout. Chantal Jaquet is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Eric Aldieri is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Bridgewater State University.

Review Quotes

Chantal Jaquet's impressive book decodes some of the most challenging concepts in Spinoza's philosophy. Her meticulous analysis of terms from across Spinoza's corpus untangles the tightest knots in the final part of his Ethics. Jaquet's precision and care for philosophical language shine though in Aldieri's translation.-- "Hasana Sharp, McGill University"

This is a brilliant and erudite study by a leading scholar of an important set of difficult problems in Spinoza's metaphysics. It is a most welcome addition to Edinburgh University Press's wonderful series bringing the best of French Spinoza scholarship to an Anglophone readership.-- "Steven Nadler, University of Wisconsin-Madison"

About the Author

Chantal Schütz is Head of Department of Languages and Cultures at the École Polytechnique, Paris. Her recent work is on early modern broadside ballads; Thomas Middleton; Shakespeare; and performances history

Alexandre Matheron is former Professor of Philosophy at the Ecole normale supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud and the CNRS. His key works include The Individual and Community in Spinoza (Éditions de Minuit, 1968), Christ and the Salvation of the Ignorants in Spinoza (Éditions Aubier-Montaigne, 1971) and Anthropology and Politics in the 17th Century (Vrin, 1985).

Eric Aldieri is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Bridgewater State University