Spinoza
By: Roger Scruton.
Series: The great philosophers ;; 15; Great philosophers (Routledge (Firm)) ;; 15.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 54
Subjects: Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677; Ethics
Description: Ostracized by the Jewish community in Amsterdam into 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, according to which everything exists in God as a 'mode' of the divine substance, that sought to reconcile human freedom with a belief in scientific explanation. In this book Roger Scruton presents a clear and systematic analysis of Spinoza's thought, and shows its relevance to today's intellectual preoccupations.
Notes: Originally published: London : Phoenix, 1997.