Single Idea 21855

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 5. Later European Thought]

Full Idea

It was not until the 1780s that it became acceptable to read the works of Spinoza, and even then it was not without a frisson of danger.

Gist of Idea

Only in the 1780s did it become acceptable to read Spinoza

Source

Beth Lord (Spinoza's Ethics [2010], Intro 'Who?')

Book Reference

Lord,Beth: 'Spinoza's Ethics' [Indiana 2010], p.10


A Reaction

Hence we hear of Wordsworth and Coleridge reading him with excitement. So did Kant read him?