Diderot and lessing as exemplars of a post-spinozist mentality

The over-arching purpose of this thesis is to consider how Diderot and Lessing dealt with the impact of Spinozist thought and its consequences and to analyse the extent to which they can be said to exemplify a post-Spinozist mentality in dealing with three main issues: virtue and vice; freedom; and,...

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Main Author: Crowther, Louise
Published: University of Manchester 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.488977