Author: SPINOZA - CURLEY
Title: The Collected Works of Spinoza. Volume 2. Edited and translated by Edwin Curley.
Description: Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2016. 769 pp. Fine copy. Red cloth with dustjacket. (Hardbound, SEWN). First edition. The centerpiece of this second volume is Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise, a landmark work in the history of biblical scholarship, the first argument for democracy by a major philosopher, and a forceful defense of freedom of thought and expression. This work is accompanied by Spinoza's later correspondence, much of which responds to criticism of the Theological-Political Treatise. The volume also includes his last work, the unfinished Political Treatise, which builds on the foundations of the Theological-Political Treatise to offer plans for the organization of nontyrannical monarchies and aristocracies. The elaborate editorial apparatus--including prefaces, notes, glossary, and indexes--assists the reader in understanding one of the world's most fascinating, but also most difficult, philosophers. Of particular interest is the glossary-index, which provides extensive commentary on Spinoza's technical vocabulary. ISBN: 9780691167633

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