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Spinoza's Revelation: Religion, Democracy, and Reason Book

Nancy Levene reinterprets a major early-modern philosopher, Benedict de Spinoza - a Jew who was rejected by the Jewish community of his day but whose thought contains, and critiques, both Jewish and Christian ideas. It foregrounds the connection of religion, democracy, and reason, showing that Spinoza's theories of the Bible, the theologico-political, and the philosophical all involve the concepts of equality and sovereignty. Professor Levene argues that Spinoza's concept of revelation is the key to this connection, and above all to Spinoza's view of human power. This is to shift the emphasis in Spinoza's thought from the language of amor Dei (love of God) to the language of libertas humana (human freedom) without losing either the dialectic of his most striking claim - that man is God to man - or the Jewish and Christian elements in his thought. Original and thoughtfully argued, this book offers new insights into Spinoza's thought.Read More

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  • Product Description

    Although Benedict de Spinoza was rejected by the Jewish community of his day, his enlightened thought continued to critique both Jewish as well as Christian ideas. Nancy Levene demonstrates that Spinoza's theories of the Bible, religion, politics, and philosophy involve the rejection of elitist distinctions. She opposes the widely-held view that Spinoza's concept of enlightenment is limited to a tiny minority, and reveals how and why he connected intellectual and practical life.

  • 0521830702
  • 9780521830706
  • Nancy K. Levene
  • 12 August 2004
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 278
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