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| Author | Gilles Deleuze |
|---|---|
| Original title | Spinoza: Philosophie pratique |
| Translator | Robert Hurley |
| Language | French |
| Subject | Baruch Spinoza |
| Publisher | Presses Universitaires de France, City Lights Books |
Publication date | 1970 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1988 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback and Paperback) |
| Pages | 130 (City Lights edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0872862180 |
Spinoza: Practical Philosophy (French: Spinoza: Philosophie pratique) (1970; second edition 1981) is a book written by French philosopher Gilles Deleuze which examines Baruch Spinoza's philosophy, discussing Ethics (1677) and other works such as the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus (1670), providing a lengthy chapter defining Spinoza's main concepts in dictionary form. Deleuze relates Spinoza's ethical philosophy to the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche and Willem van Blijenbergh, a grain broker who corresponded with Spinoza in the first half of 1665 and questioned the ethics of his concept of evil.