A Book Forged in Hell: Spinoza's Scandalous Treatise and the Birth of the Secular Age

by Steven Nadler

Book Overview

The story of one of the most important--and incendiary--books in Western history

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069116018X
• ISBN13: 9780691160184
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"