Spinoza's Critique of Religion

by Leo Strauss

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226776883
• ISBN13: 9780226776880
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"