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Report copyright infringementby Roger Scruton (Author)Father of the Enlightenment and the last guardian of the medieval world, Spinoza made a brilliant attempt to reconcile the con flicting moral and intellectual demands of his epoch and to present a vision of man as simultaneously bound by necessity and eternally free. Ostracized by the Jewish community in Amsterddam to which he was born, Spinoza developed a political philosophy that set out to justify the secular state ruled by a liberal constitution, and a metaphysics that sought to reconcile human freedom with a belief in scientific explanation. Here, Roger Scruton presents a clear and systematic analysis of Spinoza's thought and shows its relevance to today's intellectual preoccupations.Author BiographyRoger Scruton was Lecturer in Philosophy 1971-79, Reader 1979-85, and Professor of Aesthetics 1985-92 at Birkbeck College, University of London. Number of Pages: 144 Dimensions: 0.5 x 6.8 x 4.2 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: August 29, 2002 Show more