TY  - BOOK
AU  - Scruton, Roger
TI  - Spinoza : a very short introduction
SN  - 9780192803160
U1  - G 199.492 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Oxford ; New York 
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677
KW  -  Spinoza, Benedictus de
KW  - Philosophy, European -- 17th century
N1  - "Benedict de Spinoza (1632-77) was at once the father of the Enlightenment and the last sad guardian of the medieval world. In his brilliant synthesis of geometrical method, religious sentiment, and secular science, he attempted to reconcile the conflicting moral and intellectual demands of his epoch, and to present a vision of humanity as simultaneously bound by necessity and eternally free. Roger Scruton presents a systematic analysis of Spinoza's thought, and shows its relevance to today's intellectual preoccupations."
ER  -