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1 online resource (xiv, 294 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cambridge critical guides
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Cambridge critical guides.
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| Summary |
"Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise was published anonymously in 1670 and immediately provoked huge debate. Its main goal was to claim that the freedom of philosophizing can be allowed in a free republic and that it cannot be abolished without also destroying the peace and piety of that republic. Spinoza criticizes the traditional claims of revelation and offers a social contract theory in which he praises democracy as the most natural form of government. This new Critical Guide presents new essays by well-known scholars in the field and covers a broad range of topics, including the political theory and the metaphysics of the work, religious toleration, the reception of the text by other early modern philosophers, and the relation of the text to Jewish thought. It offers valuable new perspectives on this important and influential work"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-285) and index. |
| Contents |
Spinoza's exchange with Albert Burgh / Edwin Curley --The text of Spinoza's Tractatus theologico-politicus / Piet Steenbakkers -- Spinoza on Ibn Ezra's "secret of the twelve / Warren Zev Harvey -- Reflections of the medieval Jewish-Christian debate in the Theological-political treatise and the Epistles / Daniel J. Lasker -- The early Dutch and German reaction to the Tractatus theologico-politicus: foreshadowing the Enlightenment's more general Spinoza reception? / Jonathan Israel -- G.W. Leibniz's two readings of the Tractatus theologico-politicus / Mogens Laerke -- The metaphysics of the Theological-political treatise / Yitzhak Y. Melamed -- Spinoza's conception of law: metaphysics and ethics / Donald Rutherford -- Getting his hands dirty: Spinoza's criticism of the rebel / Michael Della Rocca -- 'Promising' ideas: Hobbes and contract in Spinoza's political philosophy / Don Garrett -- Spinoza's curious defense of toleration / Justin Steinberg -- Miracles, wonder, and the state in Spinoza's Theological-political treatise / Michael A. Rosenthal -- Narrative as the means to freedom: Spinoza on the uses of imagination / Susan James. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. Tractatus theologico-politicus.
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Tractatus theologico-politicus (Spinoza, Benedictus de) |
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Philosophy and religion -- History -- 17th century.
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Philosophy and religion. |
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History. |
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17th century |
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Free thought -- History -- 17th century.
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Free thought. |
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1600-1699 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Melamed, Yitzhak Y., 1968-
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Rosenthal, Michael A., 1962-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Spinoza's 'theological-political treatise'. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521882293 (DLC) 2010033073 (OCoLC)610831399 |
| ISBN |
9780511915338 (electronic book) |
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0511915330 (electronic book) |
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9780511919107 (electronic book) |
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0511919107 (electronic book) |
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9780511917141 (electronic book) |
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0511917147 (electronic book) |
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9780521882293 (hardback) |
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052188229X (hardback) |
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