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Author: Matthew Stewart
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 21.10cm
Weight: 0.359kg
ISBN: 9780393329179
ISBN 10: 0393329178
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 02 February 2007
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
[A] colorful reinterpretation of the lives and works of 17th-century philosophers Spinoza and Leibniz...Stewart's wit and profluent prose make this book a fascinating read. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Stewart has discovered an appealing and novel way to write the history of ideas, and The Courtier and the Heretic is...an enlightening, absorbing study. -- Adam Kirsch - New York Sun Altogether excellent...His approach is au courant and quite convincing...He deserves a medal for avoiding jargon and opting instead for accessibility. -- Michael Weiss - New York Post Elegant...Stewart's wit and graceful prose make this book a delightful read. -- Lisa Montanarelli - San Francisco Chronicle [Stewart] lays the ground for a new genre: rigorous, readable intellectual history for the reader who would never buy a work of pure philosophy, but wants to know why people think the way they do. -- Economist A lively introduction to a fascinating period in philosophy. -- Anthony Gottlieb - Wall Street Journal
A lively introduction to a fascinating period in philosophy. -- Anthony Gottlieb - Wall Street Journal [Stewart] lays the ground for a new genre: rigorous, readable intellectual history for the reader who would never buy a work of pure philosophy, but wants to know why people think the way they do. -- Economist Elegant...Stewart's wit and graceful prose make this book a delightful read. -- Lisa Montanarelli - San Francisco Chronicle Altogether excellent...His approach is au courant and quite convincing...He deserves a medal for avoiding jargon and opting instead for accessibility. -- Michael Weiss - New York Post Stewart has discovered an appealing and novel way to write the history of ideas, and The Courtier and the Heretic is...an enlightening, absorbing study. -- Adam Kirsch - New York Sun [A] colorful reinterpretation of the lives and works of 17th-century philosophers Spinoza and Leibniz...Stewart's wit and profluent prose make this book a fascinating read. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Author Information
Matthew Stewart is an independent philosopher and historian who has written extensively about the philosophical origins of the American republic. His work has appeared in?The Atlantic,?The?Washington Post,?The Wall Street Journal, and more. He is currently based in London.
