This is the first collection in the English language dedicated exclusively to topics, problems or questions raised by the teachings found in Baruch Spinoza's Tractatus theologico-politicus.

Author: P.J. Bagley

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

ISBN: 9789401726726

Category: Philosophy

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The 11 essays collected here have been composed by members of the North American Spinoza Society. They exhibit the fruits of the research, investigation and erudition of an array of established scholars and newer students whose interpretations of Spinoza's philosophical doctrines are receiving critical acclaim. This is the first collection in the English language dedicated exclusively to topics, problems or questions raised by the teachings found in Baruch Spinoza's Tractatus theologico-politicus. Divided into the themes of piety, peace, and the freedom to philosophize, the essays treat Spinoza's views on faith and philosophy, miracles, the light of Scripture, political power, religion, the state, the body politic, the idea of tolerance, and philosophic communication, as well as his connections to Walter Benjamin, Blaise Pascal, David Hume, and his Jewish heritage. Readership: An excellent collection for students and scholars studying Spinoza, the history of early modern philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of religion, and those concerned with theologico-political questions.

This is the first collection in the English language dedicated exclusively to topics, problems or questions raised by the teachings found in Baruch Spinoza's Tractatus theologico-politicus.

Author: Paul J Bagley

Publisher: Springer

ISBN: 9401726736

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The 11 essays collected here have been composed by members of the North American Spinoza Society. They exhibit the fruits of the research, investigation and erudition of an array of established scholars and newer students whose interpretations of Spinoza's philosophical doctrines are receiving critical acclaim. This is the first collection in the English language dedicated exclusively to topics, problems or questions raised by the teachings found in Baruch Spinoza's Tractatus theologico-politicus. Divided into the themes of piety, peace, and the freedom to philosophize, the essays treat Spinoza's views on faith and philosophy, miracles, the light of Scripture, political power, religion, the state, the body politic, the idea of tolerance, and philosophic communication, as well as his connections to Walter Benjamin, Blaise Pascal, David Hume, and his Jewish heritage. Readership An excellent collection for students and scholars studying Spinoza, the history of early modern philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of religion, and those concerned with theologico-political questions.

In Piety , Peace and the Freedom to Philosophize , edited by Paul J. Bagley ( Dordrecht : Kluwer , 1999 ) , pp . 233–69 . Balibar , Étienne . “ Jus - Pactum - Lex : On the Constitution of the Subject in the TheologicoPolitical Treatise ...

Author: Mogens Lærke

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN: 9780192895417

Category: Philosophy

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This study considers freedom of speech and the rules of engagement in the public sphere; good government, civic responsibility, and public education; and the foundations of religion and society, as seen through the eyes of seventeenth-century Dutch philosopher, Spinoza.

As its title page explains, the work is made up of several dissertations, 'wherein it is shown not only that freedom to philosophise can be granted without injuring piety or the peace of the republic, but that peace and piety are ...

Author: Susan James

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780199698127

Category: History

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Susan James explores the revolutionary political thought of one of the most radical and creative of modern philosophers, Baruch Spinoza. His Theologico-Political Treatise of 1670 defends religious pluralism, political republicanism, and intellectual freedom. James shows how this work played a crucial role in the development of modern society.

A complete English translation of this controversial and provocative criticism of religious intolerance and a defense of secular government.

Author: Benedictus de Spinoza

Publisher: Focus

ISBN: 1585101125

Category: Free thought

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A complete English translation of this controversial and provocative criticism of religious intolerance and a defense of secular government. Includes substantive notes, a glossary of terms, various indices, and an interpretive essay.

History of Philosophy Quarterly 15: 389–409, 1998. ——. “Toleration and the Right to Resist in Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise: The Problem of Christ's Disciples.” In Piety, Peace and the Freedom to ...

Author: Daniel Frank

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781317445807

Category: Philosophy

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Baruch Spinoza is one of the most influential and controversial political philosophers of the early modern period. Though best-known for his contributions to metaphysics, Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise (1670) and his unfinished Political Treatise (1677) were widely debated and helped to shape the political writings of philosophers as diverse as Rousseau, Kant, Marx, Nietzsche, and (although he publicly denied it) even Locke. In addition to its enormous historical importance, Spinoza’s political philosophy is also strikingly contemporary in its advocacy of toleration of unpopular religious and political views and his concern with stabilizing religiously diverse democratic societies. The first Guidebook to Spinoza’s political writings, The Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Spinoza on Politics covers the following key points: Spinoza’s life and the background to his philosophy the key themes and arguments of the Theological-Political-Treatise and Political Treatise the continuing importance of Spinoza’s work to philosophy. This book is an ideal starting point for anyone new to Spinoza and essential reading for students of political philosophy and seventeenth-century philosophy.

... Tractatus theologico-politicus,” Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy 23 (1996) and in “Spinoza, Philosophic Communication, and the Practice of Esotericism” in Piety, Peace, and the Freedom to Philosophize, ed.

Author: Paul Bagley

Publisher: BRILL

ISBN: 9789047432753

Category: Religion

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Examining the philosophical, theological, and political teachings of the Tractatus theologico-politicus, this book proposes that Benedict Spinoza fashions a theocratic or “theologico-political” solution to the “natural problem” of human selfishness or unsociability. Spinoza’s theocratic solution makes him a “new Moses.”

“The task of the Treatise is thus to reconcile three values: the freedom to philosophize, piety, and peace” (13). James begins by looking at the examination of superstition Spinoza makes in the preface to the Treatise.

Author: Alexandrescu, Vlad

Publisher: Zeta Books

ISBN: 9786068266350

Category: Europe

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I typically read potentia as ' power ' and potestas as ` authority ' , following Steven Barbone , ' Power in the Tractatus Theologico - Politicus ' [ ʻPower ' ] , in Piety , Peace , and the Freedom to Philosophize , ed . by P. J. Bagley ...

Author: Donald Rutherford

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780192897442

Category: Philosophy

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Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy is an annual series, presenting a selection of the best current work in the history of early modern philosophy. It focuses on the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries - the extraordinary period of intellectual flourishing that begins, very roughly, with Descartes and his contemporaries and ends with Kant. It also publishes papers on thinkers or movements outside of that framework, provided they are important in illuminating early modern thought. The articles in OSEMP will be of importance to specialists within the discipline, but the editors also intend that they should appeal to a larger audience of philosophers, intellectual historians, and others who are interested in the development of modern thought.

Spinoza has presented “freedom of philosophizing” according to the formula for essence offered at iid2. When freedom of philosophizing is given, piety and peace are given, and when freedom of philosophizing is taken away, piety and ...

Author: Aaron V. Garrett

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 9781139436946

Category: Philosophy

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Readers of Spinoza's philosophy have often been daunted, and sometimes been enchanted, by the geometrical method which he employs in his philosophical masterpiece the Ethics. In Meaning in Spinoza's Method Aaron Garrett examines this method and suggests that its purpose, in Spinoza's view, was not just to present claims and propositions but also in some sense to change the readers and allow them to look at themselves and the world in a different way. His discussion draws not only on Spinoza's works but also on those of the philosophers who influenced Spinoza most strongly, including Hobbes, Descartes, Maimonides and Gersonides. This controversial book will be of interest to historians of philosophy and to anyone interested in the relation between form and content in philosophical works.