Within Reason: A Life of Spinoza
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The 17th-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza was expelled from the Jewish community of Amsterdam at the age of 24 for horrendous heresies and was eventually reviled by all religious authorities for claiming that humans were parts of a unified nature, that God was identical with nature, and that reason, not revelation, supplied the truth of God.This biography, drawing on very recent scholarly research and making detailed references to primary sources, some not previously explored, focuses on Spinoza's attempt to act solely through reason in the face of turbulent personal and national circumstances. It exposes Spinoza's emotional and sexual vulnerability, arrogance and misogyny, and shows his living philosophical experiment to be sharply relevant today.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0312253583
ISBN13:9780312253585
Release Date:January 2000
Publisher:Thomas Dunne Books
Length:398 Pages
Weight:1.73 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.4" x 9.6"
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