by RogerScruton (Author)
Born to be misunderstood, Spinoza was a man whose theology was banned for Godlessness. The very virtuosity of his reasoning left logicians unsettled, while even to professional thinkers in our own time, Spinoza has seemed too clever by half. And yet, as Roger Scruton shows in this strikingly readable introduction to the man and his though, Spinoza's concerns were both simple and sublime. Few philosophers, indeed, have shown such a straightforward, sustained and honest interest in uncovering the most fundamental aspects of existence. Too important to be dismissed as a mere genius, Spinoza is rediscovered here in all his quiet and consoling simplicity.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 06 Jul 1998
ISBN 10: 0753802139
ISBN 13: 9780753802137
Book Overview: *High Sales of Phoenix 60 page titles related to philosophy *The author is a writer and philosopher, who has published many works, most recently The Aesthetics of Music. *12 titles already published - Marx reprinted twice * A promising venture, Daniel Johnson, The Times * The virtue of these deceptively brief books is that they are the real thing... George Walden, Evening Standard. * Rarely have intellectual sophistication and complexity come so cheap.' Peter Aspden, Financial Times *'The books should improve the cultural circulation of philosophy by their style as well as their substance. Joseph Sen, TES
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