Format:
129 S.
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14 Abb.
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17,5 cm
ISBN:
0192803166
Series Statement:
Very short introductions
Content:
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
Content:
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
Note:
Bibliogr. S. 119 - 121
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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.
Additional Edition:
Online-Ausg. Scruton, Roger, 1944 - 2020 Spinoza Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 2002 ISBN 0192803166
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780192803160
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
Keywords:
Spinoza, Benedictus de 1632-1677
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Spinoza, Benedictus de 1632-1677
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Einführung
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Biografie
Author information:
Scruton, Roger 1944-2020
Author information:
Spinoza, Benedictus de 1632-1677
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