Offers a powerful and influential interpretation of Spinoza's conatus
Laurent Bove is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Université de Picardie Jules-Verne. He is a member of l'Institut d'Histoire des Représentations et des Idées dans les Modernités à l'École Normale Supérieure de Lyon and President of l'association des ami.e.s de Spinoza. He is the author of La Strategie du conatus (Vrin, 1996; 2nd edition 2012) which was translated into Italian in 2002 and in Spanish in 2009. His other books include Albert Camus. De l'absurde à l'amour (1995), Albert Camus: de la transfiguration (2014), Vauvenargues ou le Séditieux (2015). He is the editor of a French translation of Spinoza's Political Treatise (2002). He is the general editor of The Complete Works of Vauvenargues.
