The noblest and most beloved of the great philosophers... morally supreme is Bertrand Russell. Published shortly after his death in 1677, the Ethics is Spinoza's greatest work - a completely coherent philosophical system aimed at providing a picture of reality and understanding the meaning of a moral life. It sequentially defines the nature of God, the mind, human bondage to emotions, and the power of understanding - proceeding from an examination of the eternal, to speculate on humanity's place in the natural order and the path to attainable happiness. A work of elegant simplicity, the Ethics is a brilliant and insightful inquiry into the possibility of salvation through philosophical thought. Translated by Edwin Curley with an Introduction by Stuart Hampshire.