Spinoza, life and legacy / Jonathan I. Israel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Israel, Jonathan, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677.

Spinoza, Benedictus de.

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677--Influence.

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677--Political and social views.

Philosophers--Netherlands--Biography.

Philosophers.

Censorship.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Political and social views.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xix, 1313 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, genealogical table, map, portraits (1 color) ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Spinoza, life & legacy

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"The boldest and most unsettling of the major early modern philosophers, Spinoza, had a much greater, if often concealed, impact on the international intellectual scene and on the early Enlightenment than philosophers, historians, and political theorists have conventionally tended to recognize. Europe-wide efforts to prevent the reading public and university students learning about Spinoza, the man and his work, in the years immediately after his death in 1677, dominated much of his early reception owing to the revolutionary implications of his thought for philosophy, religion, practical ethics and lifestyle, Bible criticism, and political theory. Nevertheless, contrary to what has sometimes been maintained, his general impact was immediate, very widespread, and profound. One of the main objectives of the book is to show how early and how deeply Leibniz, Bayle, Arnauld, Henry More, Anne Conway, Richard Baxter, Robert Boyle, Henry Oldenburg, Pierre-Daniel Huet, Richard Simon, and Nicholas Steno, among many others, were affected by and led to wrestle with his principal ideas"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Setting the scene

The young Spinoza

Reformer and subverter of Descartes

Darkening horizons

Last years.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 1223-1282) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Israel, Jonathan, 1946- Spinoza, life and legacy.

ISBN:

9780198857488

0198857489

OCLC:

1365363817