The Catalan version of Spinoza’s “Ethics”: The reasoning behind a translation

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ResumL'objectiu de l'article és explicitar les raons d'algunes de les decisions adoptades pel seu autor a l'hora de traduir al català l'Ètica de Spinoza (Olesti, 2013), particularment aquelles que no són evidents d'entrada i que esdevenen susceptibles de generar polèmica. Indirectament, permet identificar algunes de les qüestions rellevants de l'spinozisme. Paraules clau: Spinoza; filosofia moderna Abstract. The Catalan version of Spinoza's Ethics: The reasoning behind a translationThe aim of this article is to spell out the thinking behind some options the author took when translating Spinoza's Ethics into Catalan (Olesti, 2013), particularly those that might not be immediately obvious and thus controversial. Indirectly, these questions also permit identifying some relevant issues for the study of Spinoza.