A book forged in hell : Spinoza's scandalous treatise and the birth of the secular age
Nadler, Steven
A book forged in hell : Spinoza's scandalous treatise and the birth of the secular age / Steven Nadler - Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press , 2011 - 279 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
When it appeared in 1670, Baruch Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise was denounced as the most dangerous book ever published--'godless,' 'full of abominations,' 'a book forged in hell . . . by the devil himself.' Religious and secular authorities saw it as a threat to faith, social and political harmony, and everyday morality, and its author was almost universally regarded as a religious subversive and political radical who sought to spread atheism throughout Europe. In A Book Forged in Hell, Steven Nadler tells the fascinating story of this extraordinary book: its radical claims and their background in the philosophical, religious, and political tensions of the Dutch Golden Age, as well as the vitriolic reaction these ideas inspired.
9780691139890
Spinoza, Benedictus de , 1632-1977
Philosophy and religion
Religion and politics
199.492 NAD
A book forged in hell : Spinoza's scandalous treatise and the birth of the secular age / Steven Nadler - Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press , 2011 - 279 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
When it appeared in 1670, Baruch Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise was denounced as the most dangerous book ever published--'godless,' 'full of abominations,' 'a book forged in hell . . . by the devil himself.' Religious and secular authorities saw it as a threat to faith, social and political harmony, and everyday morality, and its author was almost universally regarded as a religious subversive and political radical who sought to spread atheism throughout Europe. In A Book Forged in Hell, Steven Nadler tells the fascinating story of this extraordinary book: its radical claims and their background in the philosophical, religious, and political tensions of the Dutch Golden Age, as well as the vitriolic reaction these ideas inspired.
9780691139890
Spinoza, Benedictus de , 1632-1977
Philosophy and religion
Religion and politics
199.492 NAD
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