Spinoza's Critique of Religion

Leo Strauss articulates the conflict between reason and revelation as he explores Spinoza''s scientific, comparative, and textual treatment of the Bible. Strauss compares Spinoza''s Theologico-political Treatise and the Epistles, showing their relation to critical controversy on religion from Epicurus and Lucretius through Uriel da Costa and Isaac Peyrere to Thomas Hobbes.

Strauss''s autobiograph...