Spinoza's Heresy: Immortality and the Jewish Mind

Spinoza's Heresy: Immortality and the Jewish Mind

by Steven Nadler
ISBN-10:
0199268878
ISBN-13:
9780199268870
Pub. Date:
02/26/2004
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0199268878
ISBN-13:
9780199268870
Pub. Date:
02/26/2004
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Spinoza's Heresy: Immortality and the Jewish Mind

Spinoza's Heresy: Immortality and the Jewish Mind

by Steven Nadler
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Overview

Why was the great philosopher Spinoza expelled from his Portuguese-Jewish community in Amsterdam? Nadler's investigation of this simple question gives fascinating new perspectives on Spinoza's thought and the Jewish religious and philosophical tradition from which it arose.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199268870
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 02/26/2004
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 242
Product dimensions: 8.76(w) x 6.38(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

Steven Nadler is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Table of Contents

1. Cherem in Amsterdam2. Abominations and Heresies3. Patriarchs, Prophets, and Rabbis4. The Philosophers5. Eternity and Immortality6. The Life of Reason7. Immortality on the AmstelConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index
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