Editorial Princeton
Fecha de edición noviembre 2013
Idioma inglés
EAN 9780691160184
304 páginas
Libro
encuadernado en tapa blanda
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. Yet Spinoza's book has contributed as much as the Declaration of Independence or Thomas Paine's Common Sense to modern liberal, secular, and democratic thinking. 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.
It is not hard to see why Spinoza's Treatise was so important or so controversial, or why the uproar it caused is one of the most significant events in European intellectual history. In the book, Spinoza became the first to argue that the Bible is not literally the word of God but rather a work of human literature; that true religion has nothing to do with theology, liturgical ceremonies, or sectarian dogma; and that religious authorities should have no role in governing a modern state. He also denied the reality of miracles and divine providence, reinterpreted the nature of prophecy, and made an eloquent plea for toleration and democracy.
Filósofo estadounidense especializado en el pensamiento filosófico de la temprana modernidad, en especial Descartes y los cartesianos, Spinoza y Leibniz. Profesor en la Universidad de Wisconsin-Madison, ha sido profesor invitado en las universidades de Stanford, Chicago, y en la École des hautes études en sciences sociales de París. En 2007 fue docente de la cátedra Spinoza de la Universidad de Ámsterdam. En 2020 fue elegido miembro de la Academia Americana de Artes y Ciencias. Entre sus veinte libros y ediciones, cabe mencionar, entre los más recientes, The Best of All Possible Worlds: A Story of Philosophers, God, and Evil (2008, 2010), The philosopher, the Priest, and the Painter: A Portrait of Descartes (2013), el volumen colectivo a su cuidado, Spinoza and Medieval Jewish Philoshophy (2014) y Think Least of Death: Spinoza on How to Live and How to Die (2020). En castellano se conoce su biografía de Spinoza (2021).
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