The Trials of Spinoza

by Tariq Ali

Book Overview

Baruch Spinoza (1632-77) is considered one of the great rationalist thinkers of the seventeenth century. His magnum opus, Ethics, in which he criticized the dualism of Descartes, solidified his reputation and greatly influenced the Enlightenment thinkers who would build from his work.

Born in Amsterdam into a family of Sephardic Jews who had to take refuge there after they were expelled from Portugal, the precocious young scholar...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906497842
• ISBN13: 9781906497842
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Length: 61 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.3"