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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. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
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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