The Deleuze Seminars is a collection of audio recordings, transcriptions, and English translations of, and supplemental materials from, the lectures French philosopher Gilles Deleuze gave during his career at the University of Paris 8.

“Spinoza: The Velocities of Thought” was a 14-lecture seminar given from December 1980 to March 1981. In this seminar, Deleuze revisits his examination of Baruch Spinoza’s philosophy. Deleuze had previously published two books on Spinoza: Expressionism in Philosophy: Spinoza (Spinoza et le problème de l'expression, 1968), and Spinoza: Practical Philosophy (Spinoza – Philosophie pratique, 1970, 2nd ed. 1981). The majority of these lectures were given the same year as the publication of the second edition of the latter title.

In the 17 March 1981 lecture, topics of discussion include: Spinoza and the analysis of eternity; the relationship between ontology and ethics; extensive parts and inadequate ideas; the three kinds of knowledge; individuation; Ethics, Book V; adequate ideas and active affects; existence as a test; the question of the immortality of the soul; the union of soul and body; intensive and extensive parts; the exteriority of death; the pars intima and degrees of power; love and univocity; sexuality and equivocity; the idea of ​​God; the metaphor of pure light in Spinoza; coefficients of effectuation; the system of judgment and affects; the mode of existence; Nietzsche, the Falsifier, and the judgment of life; immanence; and points of fissure, misfortune, and the man of anguish.

This dataset includes: four mp3 recordings of the lecture (total time, 2:32:25), an aggregate version of the audio recordings into a single mp3, and the complete French transcription of the recorded lecture in both pdf (38 pp) and plain text.

Note: The aggregate audio file has been downsampled.

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Les Séminaires de Deleuze sont une collection d'enregistrements audio, de transcriptions et de traductions en anglais et de documents complémentaires des conférences que le philosophe français Gilles Deleuze a donné lors de sa carrière à l'Université de Paris 8.

«Spinoza: des vitesses de la pensée» était un séminaire de 14 conférences donné de décembre 1980 à mars 1981. Dans ce séminaire, Deleuze revisite son examen de la philosophie de Baruch Spinoza. Deleuze avait précédemment publié deux ouvrages sur Spinoza: Spinoza et le problème de l'expression (1968) et Spinoza – Philosophie pratique (1970, 2e éd., 1981). La majorité de ces conférences ont eu lieu la même année que la publication de la deuxième édition de ce dernier titre.

Dans la conférence du 17 mars 1981, les sujets de discussion incluent: Spinoza et l'éxperimentation de l'éternité; le rapport entre l'ontologie et l'éthique; parties extensives et idées inadéquates; les trois genres de connaissances; l'individuation; Éthique, Livre V; idées adéquates et affects actifs; de l’existence en tant qu’épreuve; la question de l'immortalité de l'âme; l'union de l'âme et du corps; parties intensives et parties extensives; l'extériorité de la mort; la pars intima et les degrés de puissance; l’amour et univocité; la sexualité et équivocité; l'idée de Dieu; la métaphore de la lumière pure de Spinoza; coefficients d'effectuation; le système du jugement et les affects; le mode d'existence; Nietzsche, le faussaire, et le jugement de la vie; immanence; et les points de fêlure, le malheur et l'homme de l’angoisse.

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• Gilles Deleuze (2017). Spinoza: The Velocities of Thought: Lecture 12, 17 March 1981. Purdue University Research Repository. doi:10.4231/R7VH5M1C

  BibTex | EndNote

1. 20th Century French Philosophy
2. Audio Recording
3. Baruch Spinoza
4. Deleuze Recordings
5. Deleuze Seminars
6. Epistemology
7. Ethics
8. Friedrich Nietzsche
9. Gilles Deleuze
10. Immanence
11. Mathematics
12. Ontology
13. Philosophy
14. Philosophy (Dept)
15. Theology

This research has been generously supported through a grant from the College of Liberal Arts, Purdue University.

The description of this dataset is based on the meticulous work of Frédéric Astier, whose Les cours enregistrés de Gilles Deleuze, 1979-1987 has catalogued Deleuze’s seminars for those years.

Special thanks to the family of Gilles Deleuze and the University of Paris 8 for permission to reproduce the material published here.