Da Costa, Uriel. On the Mortality of the Soul. An Example of Human Life (O smertnosti dushi. Primer chelovecheskoi zhizni), 1934. In Russian

Дакоста, Уриэль.
О смертности души. Пример человеческой жизни.
Первое издание на русском языке.
Серия: «Предшественники и классики атеизма» под общей редакцией И. Луппола.
Вступительная статья, редакция и примечания И. К. Луппола; перевод С. Игнатова и А. Денисова; переплет по рисункам Е. Я. Хигера.
Москва—Ленинград: ACADEMIA, 1934.
173 стр. Тираж: 5300 экз. Редкость.
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Da Costa, Uriel.
On the Mortality of the Soul. An Example of Human Life (O smertnosti dushi. Primer chelovecheskoi zhizni).
First edition in Russian.
Series: “Predecessors and Classics of Atheism” under the general editorship of I. Luppol.
Introduction, editing, and notes by I. K. Luppol; translated by S. Ignatov and A. Denisov; binding designed by E. Ya. Higer.
Moscow—Leningrad: ACADEMIA, 1934.
173 p. Print run: 5,300 copies. Rare.

A landmark first Russian edition of the works of Uriel da Costa (c. 1585–1640), the Portuguese-Dutch philosopher and radical freethinker whose critiques of religious dogma and denial of the soul’s immortality made him a key forerunner of modern atheism and a direct influence on Baruch Spinoza. Published in 1934 as part of the Soviet academic series “Predecessors and Classics of Atheism,” this volume was meticulously prepared by the Marxist scholar Ivan Luppol, who provided a substantial introductory essay and commentary. The edition, issued by the prestigious ACADEMIA press in a modest print run, reflects the state-sponsored project to reclaim and publish historical texts of religious dissent and philosophical materialism. The binding, designed by artist E. Ya. Higer, adds distinctive visual character to this significant scholarly artifact of early Soviet intellectual history.