Spinoza’s Strong Eudaimonism

In this paper I defend an eudaimonistic reading of Spinoza’s ethical philosophy. Eudaimonism refers to the mainstream tradition ancient Greeks, which considers happiness a naturalistic, stable, and exclusively intrinsic good. Within tradition, we can also draw distinction between weak eudaimonists strong eudaimonists. Weak do not ground their conceptions in complete theories metaphysics, epistemology, or psychology. Strong eudaimonists, conversely, build around overall philosophical system that extends far beyond ethics, while nevertheless being directed at promotion happy life. will show Spinozistic is only intrinsically good, but Spinoza eudaimonist because his account incomprehensible without appeal metaphysical, epistemological, psychological doctrines. As well, explain how apparent subjective relativistic features ethics undermine reading, both grant beliefs/feelings subject play necessary (but insufficient) role as highest