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This audiobook is a collection of a hundred quotes chosen among the most representative of his great works, so that the listener can easily familiarize himself with the thought of one of the greatest European thinkers.

Ian Buruma explores the life and death of Baruch Spinoza, the Enlightenment thinker whose belief in freedom of thought and speech resonates in our own time

In Becoming a Philosopher Jonathan Rée describes the extraordinary lives of some of most influential thinkers of the past four hundred years and the radical and sometimes bizarre ideas that emerged from them. This collection of ten biographical pieces, originally published as book reviews in the London Review of Books, begins with Spinoza, the excommunicated lens grinder who sought as little attention as possible for his anonymously published work; and ends with Sartre, the most public of public intellectuals whose funeral was marked by thousands on the streets of Paris.

Benedictus de Spinoza (1632-1677) is de beroemdste filosoof van Nederland: hij behoort tot die kleine groep filosofen die gezichtsbepalend is geweest voor de geschiedenis van het westerse denken. Maar wie was Spinoza en wat heeft hij allemaal geschreven? Hoe verhoudt hij zich tot andere filosofen en hoe luidde de kritiek van zijn tijdgenoten? Wat betekende Spinoza voor de Nederlandse Republiek en voor de Europese verlichting?

Una biografía intelectual no es la biografía de la vida privada. Es la historia de una formación en la que intervienen muchos factores, muchas presencias y escenarios: escuelas, experiencias, viajes y, sobre todo, lecturas. La vida intelectual sigue la trayectoria de las ideas en el tiempo...

Bloomsbury presents How to Think Like a Philosopher by Peter Cave, read by Ben Onwukwe. In showing how the great philosophers of human history lived and thought – and what they thought about – Peter Cave provides an accessible and enjoyable introduction to thinking philosophically and how it...