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Spinoza
Father of the Enlightenment and the last guardian of the medieval world, Spinoza made a brilliant attempt to reconcile the conflicting moral and intellectual demands of his epoch and to present a vision of man as simultaneously bound by necessity and eternally free. Ostracized by the Jewish community in Amsterddam to which he was born, Spinoza developed a political philosophy that set out to justify the secular state ruled by a liberal constitution, and a metaphysics that sought to reconcile human freedom with a belief in scientific explanation. Here, Roger Scruton presents a clear and systematic analysis of Spinoza's thought and shows its relevance to today's intellectual preoccupations.
Book Details
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publish Date: Aug 29th, 2002
- Pages: 144
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 6.80in - 4.20in - 0.50in - 0.25lb
- EAN: 9780192803160
- Categories: • History & Surveys - Modern
About the Author
Roger Scruton was Lecturer in Philosophy 1971-79, Reader 1979-85, and Professor of Aesthetics 1985-92 at Birkbeck College, University of London.
Praise for this book
Review from previous edition: "...an interesting and provocative guide'"--Christian Science Monitor"His exposition is beautifully lucid."--Expository Times