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The Vatican manuscript of Spinoza's Ethica / by Leen Spruit and Pina Totaro.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spruit, Leen, 1954-
- Series:
- Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 205.
- Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history ; v. 11.
- Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. Ethica.
- Spinoza, Benedictus de.
- Biblioteca apostolica vaticana--Manuscript--Vat. Lat. 12838.
- Biblioteca apostolica vaticana.
- Ethics.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 318 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English and Latin.
- Summary:
- Brill authors Leen Spruit and Pina Totaro discovered the original manuscript of Spinoza's "Ethica" in the Vatican library. This spectacular discovery attracted a lot of media attention. This edition will be published in Brill's Texts and Sources on Intellectual History (BSIH) in August.The Vatican codex, which contains the complete text of Spinoza 's "Ethics," is the only surviving manuscript of this work and constitutes a document of great importance, as it predates the publication of the "Opera Posthuma," which appeared in the first months of 1678.
- Notes:
- Includes the text of Ethica.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contains:
- Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. Ethica.
- ISBN:
- 9789004209268
- 9004209263
- OCLC:
- 729863225
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