Theological-Political Treatise, 9780521530972
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Spinoza‘s Theological-Political Treatise (1670) is one of the most important philosophical works of the early modern period. In it Spinoza discusses at length the historical circumstances of the composition and transmission of the Bible, demonstrating the fallibility of both its authors and its inte…

Theological-Political Treatise

theological-political treatise

  • Paperback

    280 pages

  • Release Date

    3 May 2007

Summary

Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise (1670) is one of the most important philosophical works of the early modern period. In it Spinoza discusses at length the historical circumstances of the composition and transmission of the Bible, demonstrating the fallibility of both its authors and its interpreters. He argues that free enquiry is not only consistent with the security and prosperity of a state but actually essential to them, and that such freedom flourishes best in a democratic and re…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780521530972
ISBN-10:0521530970
Series:Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
Author:Benedictus de Spinoza
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Imprint:Cambridge University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:280
Edition:1st
Release Date:3 May 2007
Weight:476g
Dimensions:20mm x 150mm x 226mm
About The Author

Benedictus de Spinoza

Jonathan Israel is Professor of Modern European History at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He is author of Radical Enlightenment: Philosophy and the Making of Modernity 1650-1750 (2001). Michael Silverthorne is Honorary University Fellow, Department of Classics, University of Exeter. He is co-editor with Lisa Jardine of Francis Bacon: The New Organon (2000).

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