Disguised and Overt Spinozism around 1700

Wim Klever, Ph.D. (1962) in Philosophy, University of Utrecht, holds a special research assignment at Rotterdam on the historical and systematical aspects of Spinozism. He is the author of numerous books and articles on the subject. He published a book on the relationship of Spinoza to his teacher Franciscus van den Enden, whose political works he discovered.

Wiep van Bunge, Ph.D. (1990) in Philosophy, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, is University Lecturer in the History of Philosophy at Rotterdam. He has published mainly on 17th century philosophy and theology.

All those interested in intellectual history, the seventeenth century, the (early) Enlightenment, and in Spinoza.

Introduction

PART ONE THE NETHERLANDS

1. The Banning of Spinoza’s Works in the Dutch Republic (1670-1678), Jonathan Israel
2. Disguised Spinozism in Adriaen Verwer’s Momaensicht, Gerrit Jongeneelen
3. Bekker and Spinoza, Andrew Fix
4. Eric Walten (1663-1697): An Early Enlightenment Radical in the Dutch Republic, Wiep van
Bunge
5. Raidcal Cartesianism in holland: Spinoza and Deurhoff, Henri Krop
6. In Search of Spinoza in the Histoire des Ouvrages des Savans, Jan Vet
7. Spinoza in Zeeland: The Growth and Suppression of ‘Popolar Spinozism’ (c. 1700-1720), Michael
Wielema
8. Spinozism Bursts Forth into Dutch Cultural Life (1854-1872), Sibe Thissen

PART TWO GERMANY

9. Leibniz et Spinoza, Jacqueline Lagrée
10. »…Spinozam tota armenta in Belgio sequi dudem»: The Reception of Early Dutch Spinozists in
Germany, Winifried Schröder
11. Johann Christian Edelmann’s Criticism of the Bible and its Relation to Spinoza, Rüdiger Otto

PART THREE BRITAIN

12. Spinoza and the English Thinkers. Criticism on the Prophecies and Miracles: Blount, Gildon, Earbery,
Luisa Simonutti
13. Locke as secret ’Spinozist’: The Perspective of William Carroll, Stuart Brown
14. Slocke, alias Locke in Spinozistic Profile, Sarah Hutton
15. Matter and Motion: Toland and Spinoza, Rienk Vermij

PART FOUR FRANCE AND ITALY

16. Le ‘spinozisme’ d’Arnauld, Emanuela Scribano
17. Spinoza in Clandestine Manuscripts: A Bibliographical Survey of Recent Research, Antony
McKenna
18. Aux orignies de l’Essai de métaphysique du comte de Boulainviller : le Korte Verhandeling,
Geraldine Sheridan
19. La politique et l’histoire : le spinozisme de Vauvenargues, Laurent Bove
20. La Congrégation de l’index et la censure des œuvres de Spinoza, Pina Totaro