Description: Spinoza's Heresy by Steven Nadler Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Steven Nadler explores an intriguing episode in early modern intellectual history: the expulsion of the great philosopher Spinoza from his Portuguese-Jewish community in Amsterdam. Why was Spinoza excommunicated? Nadlers investigation of this simple question gives fascinating new perspectives on Spinozas thought and the Jewish religious and philosophical tradition from which it arose. Publisher Description At the heart of Spinozas Heresy is a mystery: why was Baruch Spinoza so harshly excommunicated from the Amsterdam Jewish community at the age of twenty-four? In this philosophical sequel to his acclaimed, award-winning biography of the seventeenth-century thinker, Steven Nadler argues that Spinozas main offence was a denial of the immortality of the soul. But this only deepens the mystery. For there is no specific Jewish dogma regardingimmortality: there is nothing that a Jew is required to believe about the soul and the afterlife. It was, however, for various religious, historical and political reasons, simply the wrong issue to pick on inAmsterdam in the 1650s. After considering the nature of the ban, or cherem, as a disciplinary tool in the Sephardic community, and a number of possible explanations for Spinozas ban, Nadler turns to the variety of traditions in Jewish religious thought on the postmortem fate of a persons soul. This is followed by an examination of Spinozas own views on the eternity of the mind and the role that that the denial of personal immortality plays in his overall philosophical project.Nadler argues that Spinozas beliefs were not only an outgrowth of his own metaphysical principles, but also a culmination of an intellectualist trend in Jewish rationalism. Author Biography Steven Nadler is the William H. Hay II Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of "Rembrandts Jews," a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize, as well as "Spinoza: A Life and Spinozas Heresy." Details ISBN 0199268878 ISBN-13 9780199268870 Title Spinoza's Heresy Author Steven Nadler Format Paperback Year 2004 Pages 242 Publisher Oxford University Press GE_Item_ID:137010199; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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Book Title: Spinoza's Heresy : Immortality and the Jewish Mind
Number of Pages: 242 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.5 in
Topic: History & Surveys / General, History & Surveys / Medieval, Judaism / General, Individual Philosophers, Religious, Afterlife & Reincarnation, Eschatology
Publication Year: 2004
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Genre: Religion, Body, Mind & Spirit, Philosophy
Item Weight: 10.6 Oz
Author: Steven. Nadler
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Item Width: 5.2 in
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