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Spinoza's critique of religion /

Leo Strauss articulates the conflict between reason and revelation as he explores Spinoza's scientific, comparative, and textual treatment of the Bible. Strauss compares Spinoza's Theologico-political Treatise and the Epistles, showing their relation to critical controversy on religion fro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Strauss, Leo
Otros Autores: Sinclair, E. M. (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.
Edición:University of Chicago Press edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Leo Strauss articulates the conflict between reason and revelation as he explores Spinoza's scientific, comparative, and textual treatment of the Bible. Strauss compares Spinoza's Theologico-political Treatise and the Epistles, showing their relation to critical controversy on religion from Epicurus and Lucretius through Uriel da Costa and Isaac Peyrere to Thomas Hobbes. Strauss's autobiographical Preface, traces his dilemmas as a young liberal intellectual in Germany during the Weimar Republic, as a scholar in exile, and as a leader of American philosophical thought.""[For] those interested in
Descripción Física:1 online resource (336 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780226225500
022622550X