My primary field of interest is the history of modern philosophy; I am best known for my work on Spinoza's philosophy. Thematically, what has through the years interested me the most are ethical questions and theories concerning human agency embedded in basic ontological commitments. Accordingly, I have published on both so-called practical and theoretical topics in the era that spans, roughly, from Descartes to Nietzsche.

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