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Prof Susan James sheds light on Spinoza's famous treatise defending religious pluralism.

Prof Susan James of Birkbeck College sheds light on Spinoza's Theological Political Treatise, a defence of religious pluralism in the 17th-century Dutch Republic.

Series focusing on the work of 17th-century Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza.

Prof Susan James from Birkbeck College, University of London, examines the reaction to Spinoza's defence of religious pluralism in his Theological Political Treatise. Raised in Amsterdam as a Sephardic Jew, Spinoza was immersed in what might nowadays be called a multi-faith community, and in the work he explores the relationship between religion, politics and philosophy. Despite the relative tolerance of Amsterdam at the time, Spinoza's treatise caused great outcry.

Reader: Bruce Alexander.

The Essay: Enlightenment Voices

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Series introducing great scientists, thinkers and activists of the European Enlightenment

Series introducing the great scientists, thinkers and activists of the European Enlightenment

Series introducing the work of 17th-century Dutch intellectual Baruch Spinoza

Series introducing the work of 17th-century Dutch intellectual Baruch Spinoza. His philosophical writings paved the way for the Enlightenment

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