%0 Journal Article %T Spinoza et la question ¨¦thico-sociale du d¨¦sir: ¨¦tudes comparatives avec ¨¦picure-Lucrece et Machiavel %A Bove %A Laurent %J Fractal : Revista de Psicologia %D 2012 %I Universidade Federal Fluminense %R 10.1590/S1984-02922012000300002 %X epicurus, democritus, lucrecius (in the letter 56 to hugo boxel) and machiavelli (in the political treaty) are the two streams of thought that spinoza cites in a quite eulogistic way. we propose to study here the affiliations and the differences between the philosophies of spinoza, epicurus and machiavelli in a comparative analysis, departing from the ethical and social issue of desire. %K desire %K pleasure %K prudence. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1984-02922012000300002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en