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The Spinoza Conversations Between Lessing and Jacobi

Text with Excerpts from the Ensuing Controversy

Gérard Vallée author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University Press of America

Published:14th Nov '88

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Lessing's Spinozism looms up out of the numerous intellectual riddles of the past. Almost everything has been tried in an effort to sound and weigh the exact amount of Spinozism Lessing betrayed in his conversations with Jacobi. This volume contains in translation the main writings relative to the famous 'pantheism debate' between Jacobi and Mendelssohn, which was prompted by Jacobi's revelation of the Spinozist leanings of the late Lessing. The Introduction provides the context of the debate and draws upon recent studies of 'Lessing's Spinozism' in an attempt to unravel the murky question of Lessing's philosophical legacy. Co-published with McMaster University

...an essential document... -- George di Giovanni, McGill University, MontrÈal * Dialogue *
...this book is worth having. * Dialogue *
...this book is worth having. * Dialogue *
...an essential document... -- George di Giovanni, McGill University, MontrÈal * Dialogue *

ISBN: 9780819170156

Dimensions: 236mm x 155mm x 18mm

Weight: 440g

174 pages