Spinoza, life and legacy / Jonathan I. Israel.

Author/creator Israel, Jonathan, 1946-
Other author Oxford University Press.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Descriptionxix, 1313 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, genealogical table, map, portraits (1 color) ; 25 cm
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Spine title Spinoza, life & legacy
Contents Setting the scene -- The young Spinoza -- Reformer and subverter of Descartes -- Darkening horizons -- Last years.
Abstract "The boldest and most unsettling of the major early modern philosophers, Spinoza, had a much greater, if often concealed, impact on the international intellectual scene and on the early Enlightenment than philosophers, historians, and political theorists have conventionally tended to recognize. Europe-wide efforts to prevent the reading public and university students learning about Spinoza, the man and his work, in the years immediately after his death in 1677, dominated much of his early reception owing to the revolutionary implications of his thought for philosophy, religion, practical ethics and lifestyle, Bible criticism, and political theory. Nevertheless, contrary to what has sometimes been maintained, his general impact was immediate, very widespread, and profound. One of the main objectives of the book is to show how early and how deeply Leibniz, Bayle, Arnauld, Henry More, Anne Conway, Richard Baxter, Robert Boyle, Henry Oldenburg, Pierre-Daniel Huet, Richard Simon, and Nicholas Steno, among many others, were affected by and led to wrestle with his principal ideas"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 1223-1282) and index.
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LCCN 2022950227
ISBN9780198857488 (hardcover)
ISBN0198857489 (hardcover)

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