Time, Duration and Eternity in Spinoza

Author:   Chantal Jaquet (Head of Department of Languages and Cultures, École Polytechnique, Paris.) ,  Alexandre Matheron (former Professor of Philosophy, Ecole normale supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud) ,  Eric Aldieri
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
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Pages:   232
Publication Date:   31 May 2025
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Time, Duration and Eternity in Spinoza


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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.

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Author:   Chantal Jaquet (Head of Department of Languages and Cultures, École Polytechnique, Paris.) ,  Alexandre Matheron (former Professor of Philosophy, Ecole normale supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud) ,  Eric Aldieri
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:  

9781474483797


ISBN 10:   1474483798
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   31 May 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Abbreviations 2 Notes on Translation and Acknowledgements 3 Eternity: A Problem ‘that Remains’ by Eric Aldieri 5 Foreword 10 Preface by Alexandre Matheron 11 Introduction 13 Part One: Eternity or Eternities? 19 Chapter One: The Ontological Status of Eternity from the Short Treatise to the Ethics 19 Chapter Two: Eternity, Coeternity, and Aeviternity: The Status of Infinite Beings 42 Chapter Three: Eternity and Immortality: The Status of Finite Modes 57 Chapter Four: Sub Specie Aeternitatis 80 Part Two: From Eternity to Duration 91 Chapter Five: Eternity and Temporality 91 Chapter Six: The Nature and Origin of Duration 104 Chapter Seven: The Sphere of Extension of Duration 129 Conclusion 139 Bibliography

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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 *


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"" 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""


Author Information

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 was formerly 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. He is a translator of French Spinozism and author of several articles on both early modern philosophy and 20th century continental philosophy.

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