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The Dictionary of Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Dutch
Philosophers covers the 200-year period of the Dutch Republic, when
its people experienced a Golden Age in the arts, in sea trade and
in philosophy that left a lasting impression on European culture.
The Dutch witnessed nothing less than a philosophical revolution,
driven to a large extent by the migres from France, Finland,
Portugal, Britain, Switzerland, Germany and elsewhere, who provided
the Golden Age with its thinkers. As a result of the unique
position held by the Netherlands during the period, this dictionary
constitutes an anthology of European thought at large. Included are
all foreign thinkers (such as Rene Descartes and Pierre Bayle) who
exercised a major influence on the philosophical life of the Dutch
Republic and who developed their ideas through interaction with
other philosophers residing there. Among these resident
philosophers, as well as all the well-known figures such as
Benedict Spinoza, many lesser-known ones are included. Each entry
includes a bibliography listing the subject's major and minor
philosophical writings and giving guidance to further reading. A
system of cross-references makes it easy for the reader to pursue
connections and influences. In addition, the dictionary features
entries on Dutch universities, city academies, publishing houses
and journals. This work will be of interest to all students and
scholars of the period.
Benedictus Spinoza (1632-77) was among the most important of the
post-Cartesian philosophers of the second half of the seventeenth
century. He made original contributions in every major area of
philosophy. His work reflects the influences of Stoicism,
Maimonides, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Descartes, and others. Spinoza is
best known for his Ethics, which is often held up as a supreme
example of a self-contained metaphysical system intended to explain
the universe. Some of his psychological influences, perhaps lesser
known, anticipated Freud. This book is the first to offer an
accessible, encyclopedic account of Spinoza's life and ideas, his
influences and commentators, and his lasting significance. Some of
the best features include an annotated chronology of Spinoza's
life, bibliographies of his major influences and critics, a
substantive dictionary of key Spinozan concepts, and summaries of
Spinoza's principal writings. The work concludes with an essay on
Spinoza's place in modern academic scholarship. This work is a
valuable tool for anyone interested in Spinoza and the era of great
change in which he lived and wrote.
The Dictionary of Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Dutch
Philosophers covers the 200-year period of the Dutch Republic, when
its people experienced a Golden Age in the arts, in sea trade and
in philosophy that left a lasting impression on European culture.
The Dutch witnessed nothing less than a philosophical revolution,
driven to a large extent by the migres from France, Finland,
Portugal, Britain, Switzerland, Germany and elsewhere, who provided
the Golden Age with its thinkers. As a result of the unique
position held by the Netherlands during the period, this dictionary
constitutes an anthology of European thought at large. Included are
all foreign thinkers (such as Rene Descartes and Pierre Bayle) who
exercised a major influence on the philosophical life of the Dutch
Republic and who developed their ideas through interaction with
other philosophers residing there. Among these resident
philosophers, as well as all the well-known figures such as
Benedict Spinoza, many lesser-known ones are included. Each entry
includes a bibliography listing the subject's major and minor
philosophical writings and giving guidance to further reading. A
system of cross-references makes it easy for the reader to pursue
connections and influences. In addition, the dictionary features
entries on Dutch universities, city academies, publishing houses
and journals. This work will be of interest to all students and
scholars of the period.
In today's developed world, much of what people believe about
religious toleration has evolved from crucial innovations in
toleration theory developed in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries. Thinkers from that period have been rightly celebrated
for creating influential, liberating concepts and ideas that have
enabled many of us to live in peace. However, their work was
certainly not perfect. In this enlightening volume, John Christian
Laursen and Maria Jose Villaverde have gathered contributors to
focus on the paradoxes, blindspots, unexpected flaws, or
ambiguities in early modern toleration theories and practices. Each
chapter explores the complexities, complications, and
inconsistencies that came up in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries as people grappled with the idea of toleration. In
understanding the weaknesses, contradictions, and ambivalences in
other theories, they hope to provoke thought about the defects in
ways of thinking about toleration in order to help in overcoming
similar problems in contemporary toleration theories.
In today's developed world, much of what people believe about
religious toleration has evolved from crucial innovations in
toleration theory developed in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries. Thinkers from that period have been rightly celebrated
for creating influential, liberating concepts and ideas that have
enabled many of us to live in peace. However, their work was
certainly not perfect. In this enlightening volume, John Christian
Laursen and Maria Jose Villaverde have gathered contributors to
focus on the paradoxes, blindspots, unexpected flaws, or
ambiguities in early modern toleration theories and practices. Each
chapter explores the complexities, complications, and
inconsistencies that came up in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries as people grappled with the idea of toleration. In
understanding the weaknesses, contradictions, and ambivalences in
other theories, they hope to provoke thought about the defects in
ways of thinking about toleration in order to help in overcoming
similar problems in contemporary toleration theories.
Benedictus Spinoza (1632-77) was among the most important of the
post-Cartesian philosophers of the second half of the seventeenth
century and is still widely studied today. He made original
contributions in every major area of philosophy and is best known
for his "Ethics," which is often held up as a supreme example of a
self-contained metaphysical system intended to explain the
universe."The Bloomsbury Companion to Spinoza" is the first to
offer an accessible, encyclopaedic account of Spinoza's life and
ideas, his influences and commentators, and his lasting
significance. Some of the best features include an annotated
chronology of Spinoza's life, bibliographies of his major
influences and critics, a substantive dictionary of key Spinozan
concepts, summaries of Spinoza's principal writings and concludes
with a chapter on Spinoza's place in modern academic scholarship.
The volume is also updated with words on the recent major event in
Spinoza scholarship with the discovery of the Vatican manuscript of
Spinoza's "Ethics." "The Bloomsbury Companion to Spinoza" is a
valuable research tool for anyone interested in Spinoza and the era
of great change in which he lived and wrote.
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