Rosenberg and the saga to unravel the Spinoza enigma

A Look at the Work of Irvin D. Yalom

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1806-5023.2021.e79167

Abstract

What could Goethe have found so special in the work of the Jewish philosopher Benedict Spinoza that he carried the Ethics in his pocket for a whole year? This would be the puzzle that Rosenberg would spend a lifetime trying to solve. Yalom writes brilliantly about the trajectory of the two historical characters who have so much and so little between them. The present text is a review of Yalom's "The Enigma of Spinoza".

 

Author Biography

Daniel de Souza Lemos, Seduc RS

Doutorando em História, Mestre em Ciência Política, graduado em Direito e História, pela UFPel. Especialista em Sociologia pela UFRGS.

References

YALOM, Irvin D. O enigma de Espinosa: a história do filósofo judeu que influenciou uma das maiores mentes nazistas. Tradução Maria Helena Rouanet. 1ªEd. Rio de Janeiro: Harper Collins, 2019. 432p.

Published

2021-09-29