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, ...
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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 Political Philosophy of Hobbes, The City and the Man, What is Political Philosophy?, and Liberalism Ancient and Modern.
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Add this copy of Spinoza's Critique of Religion to cart. $65.00, good condition, Sold by Woodlawn Books, ships from Burien, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1962 by Schocken Books Inc.
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Good in good dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. About 5% of the pages have markings, as described below. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade. Every title listed here by Leo Strauss was owned by a student at the Univ of Dallas, with classes taught by Willmore Kendall and Leo Paul de Alvarez. Most all of the books have margin marks, ranging from just a few pages to about 3/4 of the book. Some have minimal words underlined, or square brackets around some words. If you are looking for clean copy new condition books, look elsewhere. However, I would suggest that these listings make better study copies, as they were informed by the experience of Drs. Kendall and de Alvarez. If you wish, I can send you a photo of a random marked page. The condition of each book is very good, with no damage of any sort. They were treasured by the owner.