Expressionism in Philosophy is both a pivotal reading of Spinoza's work and also a crucial text within the development of Deleuze's own thought.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part 1 The triads of substance: numerical and real distinction; attribute as expression; attributes and divine names; the absolute; power. Part 2 Parallelism and immanence: expression in parallelism; the two powers and the idea of God; expression and idea; inadequacy; Spinoza against Descartes; immanence and the historical components of expression. Part 3 The theory of finite modes: modal essence - the passage from infinite to finite; modal existance; what can a body do?; the three orders and the problem of evil; the ethical vision of the world; common notions; toward the third kind of knowledge; Beatitude. Conclusion: the theory of experession in Leibniz and Spinoza - expressionaism in philosophy.
