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Spinoza, Metaphysics, and the Possibility of Salvation: The Finite in the Infinite

Olli Koistinen

This book offers a novel interpretation of Spinoza's basic metaphysics of God, body, and mind. It considers the fundamental question of how finite things, especially human minds, are in God.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publish Date: Dec 26th, 2025
  • Pages: 222
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.49in - 0.70lb
  • EAN: 9781032755038
  • Categories: History & Surveys - ModernMetaphysics

About the Author

Olli Koistinen is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Turku, Finland. His publications include Cambridge Companion to Spinoza's ETHICS (editor, 2009), Spinoza: Metaphysical Themes (ed., with John Biro, 2002), Agent and Action (2001), and many papers on Spinoza, as well as publications on Kant and Descartes.

Praise for this book

"Olli Koistinen brings his many years of devotion to Spinoza's metaphysics to provide an overall interpretation which helps us see what it means to see the world through Spinoza's lenses. His work is at once attentive to details and expansive in providing a landscape view of Spinoza's strange and captivating universe."

Charlie Huenemann, Utah State University, USA