The Spiritual Automaton: Spinoza's Science of the Mind

Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press (2013)
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Eugene Marshall presents an original, systematic account of Spinoza's philosophy of mind, in which the mind is presented as an affective mechanism that, when rational, behaves as a spiritual automaton. He explores key themes in Spinoza's thought, and illuminates his philosophical and ethical project in a striking new way

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