Spinoza's Modernity
Subtitle: Mendelssohn, Lessing, and Heine
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: September 15, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9780299190842
Subjects: Western philosophy, c 1600 to c 1800; Philosophy; History & Surveys - Modern; Judaism - General; Semiotics & Theory; Philosophy / Religious; Religious; 1632-1677; 1729-1786; Enlightenment; Influence; Mendelssohn, Moses,; Philosophy, Jewish; Spinoza, Benedictus de,
Description: "Spinoza's Modernity is a major, original work that reconstructs a key moment in the European Enlightenment and offers a ground-breaking reading of the intersection of German literature and philosophy in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Willi Goetschel reassesses the philosophical project of Baruch Spinoza, uncovers his influence on later thinkers, and demonstrates how that crucial influence on Moses Mendelssohn, G.E. Lessing, and Heinrich Heine shaped the development of modern critical thought."--Jacket.