| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 272 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: Spinoza's many contexts -- The God of the Philosophers -- How God exists -- How God acts -- God and doubt -- The God of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob -- Final causes -- Hope and fear -- The meaning of revelation -- History -- The God of Spinoza -- Choosing a religion -- The figure of Christ -- Understanding eternity -- Why Spinoza? |
| Summary |
This book is the fullest study in English for many years on the role of God in Spinoza's philosophy. Spinoza has been called both a 'God-intoxicated man' and an atheist, both a pioneer of secular Judaism and a bitter critic of religion. He was born a Jew but chose to live outside any religious community. He was deeply engaged both in traditional Hebrew learning and in contemporary physical science. He identified God with nature or substance: a theme which runs through his work, enabling him to naturalise religion but - equally important - to divinise nature. He emerges not as a rationalist precursor of the Enlightenment but as a thinker of the highest importance in his own right, both in philosophy and in religion |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677 -- Views on God
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| SUBJECT |
Spinoza Benedictus de -- Gottesvorstellung
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Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677 fast |
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God -- History of doctrines -- 17th century.
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Philosophical theology.
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RELIGION -- Philosophy.
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God
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God -- History of doctrines
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Philosophical theology
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God.
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Doutrinas religiosas (história) -- Século 17.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0511005369 |
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9780511005367 |
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0521581621 |
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9780521581622 |
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9780511583230 |
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0511583230 |
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9780521665858 |
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052166585X |
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