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"When it appeared in 1670, Baruch Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise was denounced as the most dangerous book ever published--'godless,' 'full of abominations,' 'a book forged in hell . . . by the devil himself.' Religious and secular authorities saw it as a threat to faith, social and political harmony, and everyday morality, and its author was almost universally regarded as a religious subversive and political radical who sought to spread atheism throughout Europe. Yet Spinoza's book has contributed as much as the Declaration of Independence or Thomas Paine's Common Sense to modern liberal, secular, and democratic thinking. In A Book Forged in Hell, Steven Nadler tells the fascinating story of this extraordinary book: its radical claims and their background in the philosophical, religious, and political tensions of the Dutch Golden Age, as well as the vitriolic reaction these ideas inspired. It is not hard to see why Spinoza's Treatise was so important or so controversial, or why the uproar it caused is one of the most significant events in European intellectual history. In the book, Spinoza became the first to argue that the Bible is not literally the word of God but rather a work of human literature; that true religion has nothing to do with theology, liturgical ceremonies, or sectarian dogma; and that religious authorities should have no role in governing a modern state. He also denied the reality of miracles and divine providence, reinterpreted the nature of prophecy, and made an eloquent plea for toleration and democracy. A vivid story of incendiary ideas and vicious backlash, A Book Forged in Hell will interest anyone who is curious about the origin of some of our most cherished modern beliefs."--Book jacket.

Spinoza, Baruch --- Philosophy and religion --- Religion and politics --- Political science --- Politics, Practical --- Politics and religion --- Religion --- Religions --- Christianity and philosophy --- Religion and philosophy --- Religious aspects --- Political aspects --- Spinoza, Benedictus de,

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Religion --- Providence and government of God --- Faith and reason --- Providence divine --- Foi et raison --- Philosophy --- History --- History of doctrines --- Philosophie --- Histoire --- Histoire des doctrines --- Spinoza, Benedictus de, --- Religion. --- Providence and government of God. --- Religion--Philosophy.

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This book is a collection of essays on the problem of causation in seventeenth-century philosophy. Occasionalism is the doctrine, held by a number of early modern Cartesian thinkers, that created substances are devoid of any true causal powers, and that God is the only real causal agent in the universe. All natural phenomena have God as their direct and immediate cause, with natural things and their states serving only as “occasions” for God to act. Rather than being merely an ad hoc, deus ex machina response to the mind-body problem bequeathed by Descartes to his followers (especially Malebranche, Cordemoy, and La Forge), as it has often been portrayed in the past, occasionalism is in fact a full-blooded, complex, and philosophically interesting account of causal relations. These essays examine the philosophical, scientific, theological, and religious themes and arguments of occasionalism, as well as its roots in medieval views on God and causality.

Occasionalism --- History --- Descartes, René, --- Causation --- Dualism --- Fate and fatalism --- God --- Matter --- Mind and body --- Descartes, René, --- Descartes, Renatus --- Cartesius, Renatus --- Descartes, René --- Occasionalism - History - 17th century --- Causation - History - 17th century --- Descartes, René, - 1596-1650

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C'est un combat de géants que nous peint Steven Nadler dans cet ouvrage. L'un fut le théologien et polémiste le plus célèbre de son temps, Arnauld; l'autre, le représentant le plus accompli de la philosophie dominante de l'époque, Malebranche; le troisième, l'esprit universel le plus brillant de son siècle, Leibniz. Plus de trois cents ans ont passé depuis leur rencontre et leurs échanges, souvent vifs, sur la justice divine et le sens de l'existence. Mais loin d'y voir un vestige de la pensée de la fin du Moyen Age, d'une mentalité encore centrée sur Dieu, bientôt détrônée par les penseurs du siècle des Lumières, Steven Nadler excelle à souligner l'importance de cet héritage. " Pourquoi y a-t-il quelque chose plutôt que rien? Pourquoi le malheur frappe-t-il ceux qui sont dans le droit chemin? Comment donner un sens à la souffrance et au mal? Autant de questions philosophiques qui n'ont pas fini, nous aussi, de nous tourmenter. " (Steven Nadler)

Dieu. --- Théodicée. --- Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, --- Malebranche, Nicolas, --- Arnauld, Antoine,

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Over the last two decades there has been an increasing interest in the influence of medieval Jewish thought upon Spinoza's philosophy. The essays in this volume, by Spinoza specialists and leading scholars in the field of medieval Jewish philosophy, consider the various dimensions of the rich, important, but vastly under-studied relationship between Spinoza and earlier Jewish thinkers. It is the first such collection in any language, and together the essays provide a detailed and extensive analysis of how different elements in Spinoza's metaphysics, epistemology, moral philosophy, and political and religious thought relate to the views of his Jewish philosophical forebears, such as Maimonides, Gersonides, Ibn Ezra, Crescas, and others. The topics addressed include the immortality of the soul, the nature of God, the intellectual love of God, moral luck, the nature of happiness, determinism and free will, the interpretation of Scripture, and the politics of religion.

Jewish philosophy --- Jews --- Philosophy, Jewish --- Philosophy, Israeli --- History --- Philosophy --- Spinoza, Benedictus de, --- Ispīnūzā, --- Spinoza, Baruch, --- Espinoza, Baruch d', --- Sbīnūzā, --- Espinosa, Baruch de, --- De Spinoza, Benedictus, --- Shpinozah, --- Shpinozah, Barukh, --- Spinoza, Benedict de, --- Spinoza, Barukh, --- Spinoza, Baruch de, --- Spinoza, Benoît de, --- ספינאזא, ברוך דע --- ספינאזא, ברוך, --- שפימוזה, ברוך --- שפינאזא, בענעדיקט --- שפינאזא, ברוך --- שפינאזע, ברוך --- שפינוזא, בנדיקטוס --- שפינוזהת ברוך, --- שפינוזה, ברוך --- שפינוזה, ברוך די, --- שפינוזה, ברוך, --- שפינוזה, ב. --- سبينوزا، بندكتس --- Influence. --- de Spinoza, Benedictus --- Spinoza, Benedictus de --- Spinoza, Baruch --- Spinoza, Benedict de