1 The Status of the Prologue

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Can’t Stop the Feeling (of Being Eternal) vii
4. Abbreviations xxiii
5. Introduction 1
6. I Certitudo: The Journey of Philosophy
7. Introduction 5
8. 1 The Status of the Prologue 17
9. 2 The Stages of Certainty 73
10. 3 Common Life and Perishable Goods 113
11. 4 The True Good 157
12. 5 The ‘Animus’ and Love 177
13. 6 The Circles of Experience 200
14. II Experientia: Determination and Fields of Experience
15. 7 Determinations and Limits of Experience 233
16. 8 Fields of Experience: Language 318
17. 9 Fields of Experience: The Passions 390
18. 10 Fields of Experience: History 477
19. III Aeternitas: The Experience of Eternity
20. 11 A Metaphysical Experience? 497
21. Conclusion: The Constitution of Spinoza’s System 560
22. An Infinite Internal to the Finite: An Interview with Pierre-François Moreau on Experience and Eternity in Spinoza 569
23. Bibliography 601
24. Index of Names 650
25. Index of Concepts 652
26. Index Locorum 654