Baruch Spinoza is one of the most important and original thinkers of the modern period. His work inspired religious free-thinkers and political radicals, French Enlightenment philosophes, German Idealists, Russian Marxists, writers, and scientists. The Lexicon is a comprehensive compendium of entries on Spinoza's own concepts and associated historical figures. It cuts through the daunting profusion of Spinoza scholarship by supplying compact entries that contextualize Spinoza's thought, elucidate crucial concepts, and point the way to the relevant scholarly debates and studies. With entries by established and emerging scholars from North America, Australasia, and Europe, this is not only the most comprehensive and up-to-date picture of Spinoza scholarship, but also the most international and most diverse. It is a vital resource for novices and experts alike seeking to expand their knowledge of Spinoza.

Table of Contents:

List of contributors; About this Lexicon; List of Abbreviations of Spinoza's Works; 1. Absolute (metaphysical) Antonio Salgado Borge; 2. Absolute (political) Ericka Tucker; 3. Abstractions and universals Karolina H&&&252;bner; 4. Action and passion Chantal Jaquet; 5. Adequacy Olli Koistinen; 6. Affect Gwendolyn Marshall; 7. Affection Syliane Malinowski-Charles; 8. Affirmation Stephan Schmid; 9. Agreement Andrea Sangiacomo; 10. Ambition Jo Van Cauter and Eric Schliesser; 11. Animals Martin Lenz; 12. Animation Oberto Marrama; 13. Apostle Mogens L'rke; 14. Aristocracy Sandra Leonie Field; 15. Attribute Noa Shein; 16. Bacon, Francis Daniel Garber; 17. Balling, Pieter Wiep van Bunge; 18. Bayle, Pierre Todd Ryan; 19. Belief Stephan Schmid; 20. Blessedness Leonardo Moauro and Donald Rutherford; 21. Blijenbergh, Willem van Moira Gatens; 22. Body Galen Barry; 23. Bondage Hasana Sharp; 24. Bouwmeester, Johannes Piet Steenbakkers; 25. Boxel, Hugo Wiep van Bunge; 26. Boyle, Robert Stephen Harrop; 27. Calvin and Calvinism Russ Leo; 28. Causal axiom Alan Nelson; 29. Cause Tad Schmaltz; 30. Cause of itself Olli Koistinen; 31. Certainty Syliane Malinowski-Charles; 32. Charity Clare Carlisle; 33. Cheerfulness Valtteri Viljanen; 34. Christ Clare Carlisle; 35. Citizen Sandra Leonie Field; 36. Common notions Mogens L'rke; 37. Compendium of the Grammar of the Hebrew Language (HG) Steven Nadler; 38. Conception Martin Lin; 39. Confusion Alan Nelson; 40. Consciousness Michael LeBuffe; 41. Contentment Sanem Soyarslan; 42. de la Court, Pieter and Johan Jonathan Israel; 43. Deleuze, Gilles Beth Lord; 44. Democracy Ericka Tucker; 45. Descartes, Rene Alan Nelson; 46. Descartes's Principles of Philosophy (DPP) Steven Barbone; 47. Desire Justin Steinberg; 48. Determination Andrea Sangiacomo; 49. Devotion Clare Carlisle; 50. Dictates of reason Donald Rutherford; 51. Diderot, Denis Jonathan Israel; 52. Dutch Cartesianism Alexander Douglas; 53. Education Julie Klein; 54. Eliot, George Moira Gatens; 55. Enden, Franciscus van den Frank Mertens; 56. Equality Beth Lord; 57. Essence Mogens L'rke; 58. Esteem, love of Matthew Kisner; 59. Eternity of mind Steven Nadler; 60. Ethics Piet Steenbakkers; 61. Existence Yitzhak Y. Melamed; 62. Experience Pierre-Fran&&&231;ois Moreau; 63. Explicate John Carriero and Aaron West; 64. Expression Robert Matyasi; 65. Extension Galen Barry; 66. Faith Martin Lin; 67. Falsity and error Stephan Schmid; 68. Feeling Kristin Primus; 69. Fiction Moira Gatens; 70. Follow Karolina H&&&252;bner; 71. Form Christopher Martin; 72. Fortitude Hasana Sharp; 73. Fortune Martin Saar; 74. Freedom (metaphysical) Olli Koistinen; 75. Freedom (political) Justin Steinberg; 76. Friendship Steven Nadler; 77. Geometrical method Aaron Garrett; 78. God Yitzhak Y. Melamed; 79. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Valtteri Viljanen; 80. Good and evil Steven Nadler; 81. Graevius, Johannes Georgius Piet Steenbakkers; 82. Grotius, Hugo Jon Miller; 83. Hate Moira Gatens; 84. Hebrew State Pierre-Fran&&&231;ois Moreau; 85. Herem Steven Nadler; 86. Hobbes, Thomas Sandra Leonie Field; 87. Hope and fear Donald Rutherford; 88. Hudde, Johannes Eric Schliesser; 89. Human nature Sarah Tropper; 90. Idea Olli Koistinen; 91. Ideas of ideas Kristin Primus; 92. Idealist readings Karolina H&&&252;bner and Stephen Zylstra; 93. Imagination Ursula Renz and Oliver Istvan Toth; 94. Imitation of the affects Chantal Jaquet; 95. Immanence Yitzhak Y. Melamed; 96. Individual Tad Schmaltz; 97. Infinite intellect Karolina H&&&252;bner and Josefine Klingspor; 98. Infinite modes Kristin Primus; 99. Infinity and finitude Noa Shein; 100. Inherence John Carriero; 101. Intuition Kristin Primus; 102. Involvement Daniel Moerner; 103. Islam Michael A. Rosenthal; 104. Jelles, Jarig Wiep van Bunge; 105. Joy Michael LeBuffe; 106. Judaism Michael A. Rosenthal; 107. Justice Johan Olsthoorn and Jo Van Cauter; 108. Kabbalah Michael L. Morgan; 1