The Collected Works of Spinoza, Volume II av Benedictus de Spinoza

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<p><b>The second and final volume of the most authoritative English-language edition of Spinoza''s writings</b><br><br><i>The Collected Works of Spinoza</i> provides, for the first time in English, a truly satisfactory edition of all of Spinoza''s writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical editions of the original-language texts, done by a scholar who has published extensively on the philosopher''s work.<br><br>The centerpiece of this second volume is Spinoza¿s <i>Theological-Political Treatise</i>, a landmark work in the history of biblical scholarship, the first argument for democracy by a major philosopher, and a forceful defense of freedom of thought and expression. This work is accompanied by Spinoza¿s later correspondence, much of which responds to criticism of the <i>Theological-Political Treatise</i>. The volume also includes his last work, the unfinished <i>Political Treatise</i>, which builds on the foundations of the <i>Theological-Politica