{"product_id":"the-vatican-manuscript-of-spinozas-leen-spruit-9789004209268","title":"The Vatican Manuscript of Spinoza's Ethica","description":"Brill authors Leen Spruit and Pina Totaro discovered the original manuscript of Spinoza's \"Ethica\" in the Vatican library. This spectacular discovery attracted a lot of media attention.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Vatican codex, which contains the complete text of Spinoza's \u003ci\u003eEthics\u003c\/i\u003e, is the only surviving manuscript of this work and constitutes a document of great importance. On 23 September 1677, it was handed over to the Roman Holy Office by Spinoza's former friend Niels Stensen who had converted to Catholicism in 1667. Thus, it predates the publication of the \u003ci\u003eOpera Posthuma\u003c\/i\u003e, which is dated 1677, but which did not in fact appear until the first months of 1678. Recent research and fresh documentation allow us to determine the several stages of the manuscript's life before it reached Rome, where it was kept in the Archive of the Holy Office, and subsequently, transferred to the Vatican Apostolic Library, in 1922.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leen Spruit,Pina Totaro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004209263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004209268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 6.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012 pg. 3","brand":"Leen Spruit","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48799244386559,"sku":"9789004209268","price":181.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-vatican-manuscript-of-spinozas-leen-spruit-9789004209268","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}