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Leo Strauss articulates the conflict between reason and revelation as he explores Spinoza's scientific, comparative, and textual treatment of the Bible. Strauss compares Spinoza's__Theologico-political Treatise__and the Epistles, showing their relation to critical controversy on religion from Epicurus and Lucretius through Uriel da Costa and Isaac Peyrere to Thomas Hobbes.Strauss's autobiographical Preface, traces his dilemmas as a young liberal intellectual in Germany during the Weimar Republic, as a scholar in exile, and as a leader of American philosophical thought."[For] those interested in Strauss the political philosopher, and also those who doubt whether we have achieved the 'final solution' in respect to either the character of political science or the problem of the relation of religion to the state." —__Journal of Politics__"A substantial contribution to the thinking of all those interested in the ageless problems of faith, revelation, and reason." —__Kirkus Reviews__Leo Strauss (1899-1973) was the Robert Maynard Hutchins Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of political science at the University of Chicago. His contributions to political science include__The Politica

Who reads Spinoza’s Critique of Religion?

Author

Leo Strauss; Elsa M. Sinclair

Publisher

The University of Chicago Press

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226225500

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, Religion, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.17 / 5 (22 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14