| Literature type | Monographs |
| Author | Merchant, Carolyn |
| Title | Autonomous Nature |
| Subtitle | Problems of Prediction and Control from Ancient Times to the Scientific Revolution |
| Place published | New York [e.a.] |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages in total (of the volume) | XIII, 196 |
| Contains bibliography | [169]-181 |
| Mention of Spinoza | Part II. Controlling Nature. 5. Natural Law: Spinoza on 'Natura naturans' and 'Natura naturata': 101-124 ; ferner/further: 12, 13, 84, 97, 126, 128, 129 |
| Language | English |
| Thematic areas | Biography, Metaphysics / ontology, Logic and mathematics, Philosophy of nature, Theory of society, Theology / biblical hermeneutics / philosophy of religion, Previous history (e.g. Descartes, Stoicism), Contemporaries and context, Reception history |
| Subject | Ep., KV, PPC/CM, TTP |
| Subject (individuals) | Descartes, René ; Einstein, Albert ; Sessions, George ; Toland, John |
| Autopsy | yes |
| Complete bibliographic evaluation | no |
| German commentary | "I argue that Spinoza developed a rational system of philosophy that militated against chaotic, unruly nature and for the idea of a rational society based on natural law and a rational cosmos described by the laws of nature as applied to the universe as a whole." (p. 101) |
| English commentary | "I argue that Spinoza developed a rational system of philosophy that militated against chaotic, unruly nature and for the idea of a rational society based on natural law and a rational cosmos described by the laws of nature as applied to the universe as a whole." (p. 101) |
| Link to this page | http://spinoza.hab.de/detail.php?id=19950&LANG=EN |
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