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 |
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| 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 |
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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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