Can I read A Book Forged in Hell : Spinoza's Scandalous Treatise and the Birth of the Secular Age on EtoBox?

A Book Forged in Hell : Spinoza's Scandalous Treatise and the Birth of the Secular Age by Steven M. Nadler is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is A Book Forged in Hell : Spinoza's Scandalous Treatise and the Birth of the Secular Age about?

The story of one of the most important—and incendiary—books in Western historyWhen 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 fir

Who reads A Book Forged in Hell : Spinoza's Scandalous Treatise and the Birth of the Secular Age?

Author

Steven M. Nadler

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781400839513

Category

history

Subjects

History, Philosophy, Political Science

Rating

3.88 / 5 (251 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14