Commentary

• Spinoza and the Sciences

  - Grene, Marjorie, and Debra Nails, eds. Spinoza and the Sciences. New York: Springer, 1986.
   

• Behind the Geometrical Method

  - Curley, Edwin M. Behind the Geometrical Method. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1988.
  From the Publisher: “This book is the fruit of twenty-five years of study of Spinoza by the editor and translator of a new and widely acclaimed edition of Spinoza’s collected works. Based on three lectures delivered at the Hebrew University of… More

• “Notes on a Neglected Masterpiece: Spinoza and the Science of Hermeneutics”

  - Curley, Edwin. “Notes on a Neglected Masterpiece: Spinoza and the Science of Hermeneutics.” Spinoza: The Enduring Questions (2001): 64–97.
  Excerpt: “In “Spinoza: Scientist and Theorist of Scientific Method,”[1] David Savan has raised two very important questions: 1) what is the place and importance of Spinoza’s work as a practising scientist? and 2) what did Spinoza think… More