Nature and Necessity in Spinoza’s Philosophy

Book Review| July 01 2020 Nature and Necessity in Spinoza’s Philosophy Garrett, Don, Nature and Necessity in Spinoza’s Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. xiv + 533 pp. Yitzhak Y. Melamed Yitzhak Y. Melamed Johns Hopkins University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2020) 129 (3): 469–473. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-8311434 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter Email Permissions Search Site Citation Yitzhak Y. Melamed; Nature and Necessity in Spinoza’s Philosophy. The Philosophical Review 1 July 2020; 129 (3): 469–473. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-8311434 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter Books & JournalsAll JournalsThe Philosophical Review Search Advanced Search The publication of Garrett’s Nature and Necessity in Spinoza’s Philosophy is a major event in the study of modern philosophy and Spinoza in particular. The book collects most of Garrett’s articles on Spinoza which appeared between 1979 and 2017. During these four decades the study of Spinoza in the Anglo-American world has undergone a dramatic transformation, as the previously disreputable and poorly understood metaphysician has acquired preeminence and wide respect as a highly original, systematic, and audacious thinker. Currently, the study of Spinoza appears to be the most thriving and innovative of subfields within the wider discipline of the history of philosophy. Garrett deserves much of the credit for this present state of affairs, due both to his outstanding scholarship and to his influential mentorship and support of younger scholars.In his introduction, Garrett identifies the problem-driven common feature of the eighteen studies comprising... © 2020 by Cornell University2020 Issue Section: Book Reviews You do not currently have access to this content

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