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Spinoza : a very short introduction

Author: Roger Scruton
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Series: Very short introductions, 70
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English
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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  Read more...
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Named Person: Benedictus de Spinoza; Benedictus de Spinoza
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Roger Scruton
ISBN: 0192803166 9780192803160
OCLC Number: 48932587
Description: 129 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
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.
Series Title: Very short introductions, 70
Responsibility: Roger Scruton.
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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.

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