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A book forged in hell : Spinoza's scandalous treatise and the birth of the secular age / Steven Nadler

By:

Nadler, Steven

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press , 2011Description: 279 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780691139890

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DDC classification:

199.492 NAD

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	199.492 NAD (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		055483

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Previous	199 SHE Islamic Philosophy	199 YOV Spinoza and other heretics	199.4 HOR Dialectica de la ilustracion	199.492 NAD A book forged in hell : Spinoza's scandalous treatise and the birth of the secular age	199.492 SPI Ethics; preceded by On the Improvement of the Understanding; ed.-James Gutmann	199.72 CHA Obras	199.72 IBA Filosofia mexicana en sus hombres y en sus textos	Next

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.

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