Het Raadsel Spinoza
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9789460033742
Publish date: 2012
Publisher: Balans
Pages no: 432
Edition language: Dutch
If you're moderately interested in psychotherapy and philosophy this will interest you. It's slow paced and the plot is almost an afterthought, but it still makes for a good read and a very nice introduction to Spinoza.
Andere meningen/ideeën: Moet je lezen: http://www.moetjelezen.com/2012/07/het-raadsel-spinoza-irvin-d-yalom.html Interview met de auteur (in English): Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-jc-spinozas-not-a-problem-for-irvin-yalom-20120907,0,707603.story?track=rss&...
Wow. Spinoza applied uncompromising rationalism to life, ethics and beliefs. Educational and riveting. I am not smart enough to read Spinoza but this book has easy prose and is a nourishing subject for any atheist/rational thinking person. Astonishing insights into and for a 17th century autodidact.
This is not my first book by Yalom and it will definitely not be the last. I love his style – it's fluid, it molds on every type of subject and it somehow incorporates scientific or historical information in such a way that you don't even realize anymore which is fact and which is fiction. I learned...
Heerlijke manier om het gedachtengoed van van een oude filosoof tot je te nemen. Blijft ook veel beter hangen op deze manier.Religie geheel ontmantelen in een tijd en omgeving waarin dit zijn gehele omgeving bepaalde (amsterdam, joodse samenleving).