Spinoza: Political Treatise Av Baruch Spinoza

<DIV><P><I>The Political Treatise</I>, Spinoza''s final work, is a largely theoretical inquiry into the fundamental principles of political philosophy. This edition offers an exceptional translation by Samuel Shirley and a prefatory essay by Douglas Den Uyl that discusses why the <I>Political Treatise</I> deserves the attention of contemporary scholars. Steven Barbone and Lee Rice provide ample notes, a substantial bibliography, complete indexes of names and terms, and a comprehensive general introduction, which considers the evolution of Spinoza''s political thought in the context of the political and intellectual turmoil of the times, the relationship between the <I>Political Treatise</I> and the <I>Theological-Political Treatise</I>, and the importance of the <I>Political Treatise</I> to a full understanding of Spinoza''s political philosophy.</P></DIV>