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Steven Nadler

Disciplines:
ancient philosophy/early modern philosophy
philosophy/jewish philosophy

Summary

American historian of early modern philosophy who wrote the standard Spinoza biography and has contributed to understanding occasionalism and Jewish philosophy.

Core Contribution

Spinoza: A Life — the standard biographical and intellectual study of Spinoza. The Best of All Possible Worlds: Leibniz, Malebranche, and Arnauld on God and evil. Contributed to the study of occasionalism and the philosophy of religion in early modern thought.

Notable Works & Achievements

Spinoza: A Life

Spinoza's Heresy

The Best of All Possible Worlds

Historical Influences

Baruch Spinoza Leibniz Malebranche

Intellectual Lineage

Early Modern Philosophy Scholarship

Contemporaries & Peers

Don Garrett Edwin Curley

Minds Influenced

No recorded minds influenced.

Intellectual Posterity

Spinoza Scholarship

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