This volume consists of 21 papers delivered at an international Spinoza conference on Disguised and Overt Spinozism around 1700, held at the Erasmus University (Rotterdam) in October 1994. In these papers, scholars from Italy, France, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands and the United States examine the impact of Spinoza's philosophy on the European Republic of Letters, one generation after the death, in 1677, of the greatest philosopher in the history of the Netherlands.
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.
Introduction
PART ONE THE NETHERLANDS
1. The Banning of Spinozaâs Works in the Dutch Republic (1670-1678), Jonathan Israel
2. Disguised Spinozism in Adriaen Verwerâs 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 âPopolar Spinozismâ (c. 1700-1720), Michael
Wielema
8. Spinozism Bursts Forth into Dutch Cultural Life (1854-1872), Sibe Thissen
12. Spinoza and the English Thinkers. Criticism on the Prophecies and Miracles: Blount, Gildon, Earbery,
Luisa Simonutti
13. Locke as secret âSpinozistâ: 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