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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." Relig
From Pulitzer Prize-finalist Steven Nadler, an engaging guide to what Spinoza can teach us about lifes big questions In 1656, after being excommunicated from Amsterdams Portuguese-Jewish community for abominable heresies and monstrous deeds, the young Bar
Often called the father of modern philosophy, René Descartes contributions to philosophy, mathematics and natural science set the intellectual agenda for the seventeenth century. In this biography and assessment of his works, based on the most up-to-date
From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, an illuminating biography of the great Amsterdam rabbi and celebrated popularizer of Judaism in the seventeenth century Menasseh ben Israel (16041657) was among the most accomplished and cosmopolitan rabbis of hi
The French philosopher and theologian Nicolas Malebranche was one of the most important thinkers of the early modern period. A bold and unorthodox thinker, he tried to synthesize the new philosophy of Descartes with religious Platonism. This is the first