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A book forged in hell : Spinoza's scandalous treatise and the birth of the secular age /
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 thr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford :
Princeton University Press,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 libe |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 279 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400839513 1400839513 1283195119 9781283195119 9786613195111 6613195111 |