| Description |
129 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. |
| Series |
Very short introductions ; 70 |
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Very short introductions ; 70.
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| Contents |
Preface -- Abbreviations -- List of illustrations -- 1: Life and character -- 2: Background -- 3: God -- 4: Man -- 5: Freedom -- 6: Body politic -- 7: Spinoza's legacy -- Further reading -- Glossary -- Index. |
| Summary |
From the Publisher: Father of the Enlightenment and the last guardian of the medieval world, Spinoza made a brilliant attempt to reconcile the conflicting moral and intellectual demands of his epoch and to present a vision of man as simultaneously bound by necessity and eternally free. Ostracized by the Jewish community in Amsterdam to which he was born, Spinoza developed a political philosophy that set out to justify the secular state ruled by a liberal constitution, and a metaphysics that sought to reconcile human freedom with a belief in scientific explanation. Here, Roger Scruton presents a clear and systematic analysis of Spinoza's thought and shows its relevance to today's intellectual preoccupations. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-121) and index. |
| Subject |
Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677.
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| ISBN |
0192803166 paperback |
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9780192803160 paperback |
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