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Theological-Political Treatise

Theological-Political Treatise

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Product Code:
2188-01
ISBN
978-619-01-0302-8
SKU
02.0123
Year
15-04-2019
Pages
416
Size
140/215 мм
Weight
0.54 kg
Cover Type
Hardcover
Genre
State & Governance, Ethics, Logic, Philosophy of Religion, Political Science & Politics

Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza (born Benedito de Espinosa; 1632 – 1677, later Benedict de Spinoza) was a Dutch philosopher of Sephardi/Portuguese origin. By laying the groundwork for the 18th-century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, including modern conceptions of the self and the universe, he came to be considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy. Along with René Descartes, Sp…

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Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise (1670) is one of the most important philosophical works of the early modern period. In it Spinoza discusses at length the historical circumstances of the composition and transmission of the Bible, demonstrating the fallibility of both its authors and its interpreters. He argues that free enquiry is not only consistent with the security and prosperity of a state but actually essential to them, and that such freedom flourishes best in a democratic and republican state in which individuals are left free while religious organizations are subordinated to the secular power. His Treatise has profoundly influenced the subsequent history of political thought, Enlightenment 'clandestine' or radical philosophy, Bible hermeneutics, and textual criticism more generally. 

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