Re Spinoza, did we post references? I think I found an even more accessible and yet rigorous explication of Spinoza:
Michael Della Rocca, Spinoza, Routledge, 2008.
Michael Della Rocca, Spinoza, Routledge, 2008.
From before:
Stuart Hampshire, Spinoza and Spinozism, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005.
- Xin Wei