The God of Spinoza : A Philosophical Study Hardback
by Richard Mason
Hardback
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This book is the fullest study in English for many years on the role of God in Spinoza's philosophy.
Spinoza has been called both a 'God-intoxicated man' and an atheist, both a pioneer of secular Judaism and a bitter critic of religion.
He was born a Jew but chose to live outside any religious community.
He was deeply engaged both in traditional Hebrew learning and in contemporary physical science.
He identified God with nature or substance: a theme which runs through his work, enabling him to naturalise religion but - equally important - to divinise nature.
He emerges not as a rationalist precursor of the Enlightenment but as a thinker of the highest importance in his own right, both in philosophy and in religion.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:286 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:01/05/1997
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- ISBN:9780521581622
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:286 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:01/05/1997
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- ISBN:9780521581622