Book: A Book Forged in Hell: Spinoza's Scandalous Treatise and the Birth of the Secular Age
Just published: Steven Nadler (University of Wisconsin-Madison), "A Book Forged in Hell: Spinoza's Scandalous Treatise and the Birth of the Secular Age" (Princeton University Press, October 2011).
Quote: "When it appeared in 1670, Baruch Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise was denounced as the most dangerous book ever published - 'godless,' 'full of abominations,' 'a book forged in hell ... by the devil himself.' ... Spinoza became the first to argue that the Bible is not literally the word of God but rather a work of human literature ... and that religious authorities should have no role in governing a modern state."
Just published: Steven Nadler (University of Wisconsin-Madison), "A Book Forged in Hell: Spinoza's Scandalous Treatise and the Birth of the Secular Age" (Princeton University Press, October 2011).
Quote: "When it appeared in 1670, Baruch Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise was denounced as the most dangerous book ever published - 'godless,' 'full of abominations,' 'a book forged in hell ... by the devil himself.' ... Spinoza became the first to argue that the Bible is not literally the word of God but rather a work of human literature ... and that religious authorities should have no role in governing a modern state."
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