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9 The Greater Part: How Intuition Forms Better Worlds
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents iii
- Acknowledgements v
- Abbreviations of Spinoza’s Works vi
- Introduction 1
- 1 Spinoza’s Ontology Geometrically Illustrated: A Reading of Ethics IIP8S 5
- 2 Reason and Body in Spinoza’s Metaphysics 19
- 3 Ratio and Activity: Spinoza’s Biologising of the Mind in an Aristotelian Key 33
- 4 Harmony in Spinoza and his Critics 46
- 5 Ratio as the Basis of Spinoza’s Concept of Equality 61
- 6 Proportion as a Barometer of the Affective Life in Spinoza 74
- 7 Spinoza, Heterarchical Ontology, and Affective Architecture 89
- 8 Dissimilarity: Spinoza’s Ethical Ratios and Housing Welfare 108
- 9 The Greater Part: How Intuition Forms Better Worlds 125
- 10 Slownesses and Speeds, Latitudes and Longitudes: In the Vicinity of Beatitude 141
- 11 The Eyes of the Mind: Proportion in Spinoza, Swift, and Ibn Tufayl 155
- Notes on Contributors 169
- Bibliography 172
- Index 185
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents iii
- Acknowledgements v
- Abbreviations of Spinoza’s Works vi
- Introduction 1
- 1 Spinoza’s Ontology Geometrically Illustrated: A Reading of Ethics IIP8S 5
- 2 Reason and Body in Spinoza’s Metaphysics 19
- 3 Ratio and Activity: Spinoza’s Biologising of the Mind in an Aristotelian Key 33
- 4 Harmony in Spinoza and his Critics 46
- 5 Ratio as the Basis of Spinoza’s Concept of Equality 61
- 6 Proportion as a Barometer of the Affective Life in Spinoza 74
- 7 Spinoza, Heterarchical Ontology, and Affective Architecture 89
- 8 Dissimilarity: Spinoza’s Ethical Ratios and Housing Welfare 108
- 9 The Greater Part: How Intuition Forms Better Worlds 125
- 10 Slownesses and Speeds, Latitudes and Longitudes: In the Vicinity of Beatitude 141
- 11 The Eyes of the Mind: Proportion in Spinoza, Swift, and Ibn Tufayl 155
- Notes on Contributors 169
- Bibliography 172
- Index 185