Spinoza (Past Masters Series) - Softcover

Scruton, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192876309 ISBN 13: 9780192876300

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1986

Synopsis

Benedict de Spinoza (1632-77) was at once the father of the Enlightenment and the last sad guardian of the medieval world. In his brilliant synthesis of geometrical method, religious sentiment, and secular science, he attempted to reconcile the conflicting moral and intellectual demands of his epoch, and to present a vision of humanity as simultaneously bound by necessity and eternally free. In this book Roger Scruton presents a clear and systematic analysis of Spinoza's thought, and shows its relevance to today's intellectual preoccupations.

About this title

Review:

Review from previous edition 'an interesting and provocative guide' (Christian Science Monitor)

'His exposition is beautifully lucid.' (Expository Times)

About the Author:

Roger Scruton was Lecturer in Philosophy 1971-79, Reader 1979-85, and Professor of Aesthetics 1985-92 at Birkbeck College, University of London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0192876309
• ISBN 13: 9780192876300
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128