From Stevin to Spinoza - An Essay on Philosophy in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic

Several schools of thought that are an essential part of early modern philosophy are presented in this work. The author does not concentrate on the main authors or key-concepts that made up seventeenth-century philosophical discourse, but places the practice of philosophy in the Dutch Republic in a wide cultural context. This approach provides the opportunity to assess the emergence and early diffusion of Spinozism as a comprehensive philosophy.

About the author

Wiep van Bunge, Ph.D. in Philosophy, Erasmus University of Rotterdam holds the Spinoza Chair at the Rotterdam Department of Philosophy. He is the director of the NWO-programme The Early Enlightenment in the Dutch Republic: Cartesianism, Spinozism, and Empiricism, 1650-1750.

Product details

• Authors: Wiep Van Bunge
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.03.2001
• EAN: 9789004122178
• ISBN: 978-90-04-12217-8
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 169 mm x 248 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 576 g
• Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectua
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)