Spinoza's Critique of Religion by Strauss, Leo -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Copyright Title Page Dedication Contents Preface to the English Translation Part One: The Tradition of the Critique of Religion

Introduction I. The Tradition of the Critique of Religion II. Uriel Da Costa III. Isaac De La Peyrère IV. Thomas Hobbes

Part Two: Spinoza’s Critique of religion

Introduction V. The Critique of orthodoxy

A. The Critique on the Basis of Scripture B. The Critique on the Basis of Reason (Critique of Scripture)

1. The Critique of Miracles 2. The Critique of the Teachings of Scripture 3. The Philological-Historical Critique

C. The Premises and the Limitation of the Critique of Orthodoxy

VI. The Critique of Maimonides

A. The Divergences between Spinoza and Maimonides

B. Spinoza’s Critique

1. The Critique on the Basis of Maimonides’ Science 2. The Critique on the Basis of Modern Metaphysics

a. The Concept of Prejudice and Modern Metaphysics b. The Critique of Prophecy c. The Critique of Miracles

3. The Limitation of this Critique

VII. The Critique of calvin

VIII. The Analysis of Revealed Religion IX. The State and the Social Function of Religion

X. SPINOZA’S CONCEPTION OF THE BIBLE AND >BIBLE SCIENCE

Appendix Notes to Preface Notes to Text