The courtier and the heretic
Subtitle: Leibniz, Spinoza, and the fate of God in the modern world
By: Matthew Stewart.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9780393058987; 9780393329179
Subjects: Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, -- Freiherr von, -- 1646-1716; Spinoza, Benedictus de, -- 1632-1677; God -- History of doctrines
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 332-339) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Hague, November 1676; title: Bento; title: Gottfried; title: A life of the mind; title: God's attorney; title: The hero of the people; title: The many faces of Leibniz; title: Friends of friends; title: Leibniz in love; title: A secret philosophy of the whole of things; title: Approaching Spinoza; title: Point of contact; title: Surviving Spinoza; title: The antidote to Spinozism; title: The haunting; title: The return of the repressed; title: Leibniz's end; title: Aftermath.