Spinoza: A Life

by Steven Nadler

Book Overview

Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) was one of the most important philosophers of all time; he was also arguably the most radical and controversial. This was the first complete biography of Spinoza in any language and is based on detailed archival research. More than simply recounting the story of Spinoza's life, the book takes the reader right into the heart of Jewish Amsterdam in the seventeenth century and, with Spinoza's exile from Judaism, right into...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521002931
• ISBN13: 9780521002936
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"