Spinoza's Modernity: Mendelssohn, Lessing, and Heine

by Willi Goetschel

Book Overview

"Spinoza s Modernity "is a major, original work of intellectual history that reassesses the philosophical project of Baruch Spinoza, uncovers his influence on later thinkers, and demonstrates how that crucial influence on Moses Mendelssohn, G. E. Lessing, and Heinrich Heine shaped the development of modern critical thought. Excommunicated by his Jewish community, Spinoza was a controversial figure in his lifetime and for centuries afterward. Willi...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299190803
• ISBN13: 9780299190804
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.2"