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Spinoza's Theologico-political Treatise - Exploring 'the Will of God' (Paperback)
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Spinoza's Theologico-political Treatise - Exploring 'the Will of God' (Paperback)
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This book presents the first accessible analysis of Spinoza's
Tractatus Theologico-politicus, situating the work in the context
of Spinoza's general philosophy and its 17th-century historical
background. According to Spinoza it is impossible for a being to be
infinitely perfect and to have a legislative will. This idea,
demonstrated in the Ethics, is presupposed and further elaborated
in the Tractatus Theologico-politicus. It implies not only that on
the level of truth all revealed religion is false, but also that
all authority is of human origin and that all obedience is rooted
in a political structure. The consequences for authority as it is
used in a religious context are explored: the authority of
Scripture, the authority of particular interpretations of
Scripture, and the authority of the Church. Verbeek also explores
the work of two other philosophers of the period - Hobbes and
Descartes - to highlight certain peculiarities of Spinoza's
position, and to show the contrasts between their theories.
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