TY - BOOK AU - DeBrabander,Firmin ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Spinoza and the stoics: power, politics and the passions T2 - Continuum studies in philosophy AV - B3998 .D325 2007eb U1 - 199/.492 22 PY - 2007/// CY - London, New York PB - Continuum KW - Spinoza, Benedictus de, KW - Ethics KW - Political science KW - Philosophy KW - Stoics KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Paperback edition 2008; Includes bibliographical references and index; The foundation of perfectionism -- Pantheism and determinism -- Vital endeavor and the ground of virtue -- The diagnosis of the passions -- A this-worldly salvation -- Psychotherapy and virtue -- 'What is in my power to do' -- Agreeing with nature -- The sociality of virtue -- A. spinoza's critique of perfectionism -- 'Nothing is more advantageous to man than man' -- Sociality and the diffusion of enlightenment -- Stoic political reason -- Cosmopolis and political duty -- The predicament of politics -- The apotheosis of the free man -- Reason of state -- State of nature, nature of state -- Political right and the most natural state -- The highest form of devotion -- Spinoza's liberalism -- The philosopher in the state -- Christ, the Apostles and Solomon : models of public philosophers? -- Philosophical caution, political interest; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10488215 ER -