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Spinoza and Other Heretics (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)

Much of this two-volume work seeks to vindicate the nineteenth century poet Heinrich Heine’s claim that “All of our contemporary philosophers, perhaps without knowing it, are looking through eyeglasses that Baruch Spinoza polished.” If Yirmiyahu Yovel is right, much the same could be said of twentieth century thinkers. Such claims are justified, despite their seeming hyperbole, because it was Baruch Spinoza (1632- 1677) who ushered in the revolution in thought that Yovel terms the “philosophy of immanence.”

The “philosophy of immanence” is a perspective shared by...

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