Spinoza: The Outcast Thinker

by Devra Lehmann

Book Overview

An entertaining and accessible introduction to the radical philosopher of freedom of thought and religion is the only biography of Spinoza for young adults.
The second title in the Philosophy for Young People series.

A brilliant schoolboy in 17th-century Amsterdam, Bento Spinoza -- formally Baruch and later Benedict de Spinoza -- quickly learns to keep his ideas to himself. When he is 23, those ideas prove so scandalous to his own...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1644212625
• ISBN13: 9781644212622
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Triangle Square
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12