Radical Enlightenment

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The Radical Enlightenment was a revolutionary set of ideas which helped lay the foundations of the modern world on the basis of equality, democracy, secular values, and universality. This controversial and original study by the internationally renowned cultural historian Jonathan I. Israel shows how Spinoza and his thought set the intellectual current towards the intellectual and political revolutions of the later eighteenth century.

subjects: Enlightenment,  Civilization,  Spinoza, benedictus de, 1632-1677,  Europe, civilization,  Philosophy, modern, 17th century,  Spinoza, benedictus de , 1632-1677,  Enlightenment--europe,  Civilization--history,  Philosophy--history,  Philosophy, european,  B802 .i87 2001,  940.2/5,  History,  Philosophy,  European Philosophy