Spinoza's Theologico-Political Treatise: Exploring 'The Will of God'

by Theo Verbeek

Book Overview

This book presents the first accessible analysis of Spinoza's Tractatus Theologico-politicus, situating the work in the context of Spinoza's general philosophy and its 17th-century historical background. According to Spinoza it is impossible for a being to be infinitely perfect and to have a legislative will. This idea, demonstrated in the Ethics, is presupposed and further elaborated in the Tractatus Theologico-politicus. It implies not only that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138263532
• ISBN13: 9781138263536
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"