Conversation with Spinoza A Cobweb Novel |
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| Author:
| Smilevski, Goce |
| Translator:
| Korzenski, Filip |
| Series title: | Writings from an Unbound Europe Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8101-2375-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 2006 |
| Publisher: | Northwestern University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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Smilevski's novel brings the thinker Spinoza and his inner life into conversation with the outer, all-too-real facts of his life and his day--from his connection to the Jewish community of Amsterdam, his excommunication in 1656, and the emergence of his philosophical system to his troubling feelings for his fourteen-year-old Latin teacher Clara Maria van den Enden and later his disciple Johannes Casearius. From this conversation there emerges a compelling and complex portrait of...
More DescriptionSmilevski's novel brings the thinker Spinoza and his inner life into conversation with the outer, all-too-real facts of his life and his day--from his connection to the Jewish community of Amsterdam, his excommunication in 1656, and the emergence of his philosophical system to his troubling feelings for his fourteen-year-old Latin teacher Clara Maria van den Enden and later his disciple Johannes Casearius. From this conversation there emerges a compelling and complex portrait of the life of an idea--and of a man who tries to live that idea.