Spinoza, A Physics of Thought
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Spinoza, A Physics of Thought
Offers a detailed study of Spinoza's philosophical analysis and reformulation of the concept of form and his novel theory of individuation.
Francois Zourabichvili (1965-2006) wrote two of the most important books on Spinoza in the past 20 years. The first book, Spinoza's Paradoxical Conservatism (EUP, 2023) focuses on Spinoza's political philosophy. This second book studies Spinoza's metaphysics and the way he uses it to produce a 'physics of thought'.
Zourabichvili suggests that Spinoza completely revises the concept of form and develops a novel theory of individuation. He argues that Spinoza specifically focuses on the problem of the individuation of ideas, whereas most thinkers only consider the problem of the individuation of bodies. In turn, he draws out the ethical implications of these new Spinozist conceptions.
Series: Spinoza Studies
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781399548007
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 31 March 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Contributors:
- Translated by Eric Aldieri
- Translated by Gil Morejn
- Translated by Gil Morejรณn
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Franรงois Zourabichvili was a director at the Collรจge international de philosophie in Paris from 1998 to 2004. He is the author of Deleuze: A Philosophy of the Event (Edinburgh University Press, 2012) and Spinoza: Une physique de la pensรฉe (Presses Universitaires de Paris, 2002) Eric Aldieri is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Bridgewater State University. He has been published in Hypatia, Deleuze & Guattari Studies, and Derrida Today and The Journal of Speculative Philosophy. He has translated several works of French Spinozism into English, including Chantal Jaquetโs Time, Duration, and Eternity in Spinoza, published by Edinburgh University Press in 2023. His co-authored translation of Franรงois Zourabichviliโs Spinoza, A Physics of Thought: Form and Individuation will publish in March 2026, also with Edinburgh University Press. Gil Morejรณn teaches at Loyola University Chicago. His research focuses on early modern metaphysics and political theory. He is the author of The Unconscious of Thought in Leibniz, Spinoza and Hume (Edinburgh University Press, 2022) and co-edited and co-translated Alexandre Matheron's Politics, Ontology and Knowledge in Spinoza (Edinburgh University Press, 2020).
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