The Dutch Legacy: Radical Thinkers of the 17th Century and the Enlightenment

While Spinoza's Impact On The Early Enlightenment Has Always Found Due Attention Of Historians Of Philosophy, Several 17th-century Dutch Thinkers Who Were Active Before Spinoza's 'tractatus Theologico-politicus' Was Published Have Been Largely Neglected: In Particular Spinoza's Teacher, Franciscus Van Den Enden ('vrye Politijke Stellingen', 1665), Johan And Pieter De La Court ('consideratien Van Staet', 1660, 'politike Discoursen', 1662), Lodewijk Meyer ('philosophia S. Scripturae Interpres', 1666), The Anonymous 'de Jure Ecclesiasticorum' (1665), And Adriaan Koerbagh ('een Bloemhof Van Allerley Lieflijkheyd', 1668, 'een Ligt Schynende In Duystere Plaatsen', 1668). The Articles Of This Volume Focus On Their Political Philosophy As Well As Their Philosophy Of Religion In Order To Assess Their Contributions To The Development Of Radical Movements (republicanism / Anti-monarchism, Critique Of Religion, Atheism) In The Enlightenment. Introduction / Sonja Lavaert And Winfried Schröder -- 'concordia Res Parvae Crescunt': The Context Of Seventeenth-century Dutch Radicalism / Wiep Van Bunge -- Dutch Golden Age Politics And The Rise Of The Radical Enlightenment: An Overview / Jonathan Israel -- Van Den Enden And Religion / Frank Mertens -- The Philosophia S. Scripturae Interpres Between Humanist Scholarship And Cartesian Science : Lodewijk Meyer And The Emancipatory Power Of Philology / Henri Krop -- The Monopoly Of Social Affluence : The Jus Circa Sacra Around Spinoza / Roberto Bordoli -- 'lietenants' Of The Commonwealth : A Political Reading Of De Jure Ecclesisticorum / Sonja Lavaert -- Socinian Headaches : Adriaan Koerbagh And The Antitrinitarians / Sascha Salatowsky -- Abraham Van Berkel's Translations As Contributions To The Dutch Radical Enlightenment / Michiel Wielema -- Between Machiavelli And Hobbes : The Republican Ideology Of Johan And Pieter De La Court / Stefano Visentin. Edited By Sonja Lavaert And Winfried Schroder. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.