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Theological-Political Treatise
Tractatus theologico-politicus
A defence of the freedom to philosophise in twenty chapters. The first fifteen subject the Bible to historical and philological examination: prophecy as imagination, the election of the Hebrews as political prosperity, miracles as ignorance of causes, the authorship of the Pentateuch and the historical books, the method of interpreting Scripture by Scripture itself. The last five ground the state in natural right, identified with power, analyse the Hebrew theocracy and conclude that the end of the state is freedom and that everyone must be able to think what he wishes and say what he thinks. It is one of the founding works of modern biblical criticism and of liberal and democratic political thought.
Authorship note
Published anonymously in 1670 by Jan Rieuwertsz in Amsterdam with the false imprint 'Hamburgi, apud Henricum Künraht'. Around 1676 Spinoza added marginal notes (adnotationes) not printed in his lifetime. Unauthorised Dutch translation: De rechtzinnige theologant (1693).
Editions and translations
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English
Theological-Political Treatise
Cambridge University Press, 2007
Translation: Michael Silverthorne y Jonathan Israel
ISBN 9780521530972
Theological-Political Treatise
Hackett, 2001
Translation: Samuel Shirley
ISBN 9780872206076
The Theologico-Political Treatise; A Political Treatise (Works, vol. 1)
Dover Publications, 1951
Translation: R. H. M. Elwes
ISBN 9780486202495
Baruch Spinoza
A Theologico-Political Treatise (The Chief Works, vol. 1)
The Conscious LibraryA Theologico-Political Treatise (The Chief Works, vol. 1)
George Bell & Sons, Londres, 1883
Translation: R. H. M. Elwes
Dominio público; Project Gutenberg #989-992.
Baruch Spinoza
Tractatus Theologico-Politicus
The Conscious LibraryTractatus Theologico-Politicus
Trübner, Londres, 1862
Translation: Robert Willis
Dominio público; en Wikisource.
Latín
Baruch Spinoza
Tractatus theologico-politicus
The Conscious LibraryTractatus theologico-politicus
Jan Rieuwertsz, Ámsterdam («Hamburgi, apud Henricum Künraht»), 1670
Primera edición, anónima.
Français
Baruch Spinoza
Traité théologico-politique (Œuvres de Spinoza, t. II)
The Conscious LibraryTraité théologico-politique (Œuvres de Spinoza, t. II)
Charpentier, París, 1861
Translation: Émile Saisset
Dominio público; en Wikisource.
Español
Baruch Spinoza
Tratado teológico-político; Tratado político
The Conscious LibraryTratado teológico-político; Tratado político
Tecnos, 1999
ISBN 9788430912124
Tratado teológico-político
Alianza Editorial, 2005
Translation: Atilano Domínguez
ISBN 9788420655116
Other works by Baruch Spinoza
- Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order · 1677
- Political Treatise · 1677
- Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect · 1677
- Short Treatise on God, Man and His Well-Being · 1660
- Principles of Cartesian Philosophy · 1663
- Metaphysical Thoughts · 1663
- Compendium of Hebrew Grammar · 1677
- Letters · 1677
- Posthumous Works · 1677
- Apology for leaving the synagogue (lost) · 1656
- Treatise on the Rainbow (lost) · 1676
- Dutch translation of the Old Testament (lost) · 1677
- Algebraic Calculation of the Rainbow (doubtful attribution) · 1687
- Calculation of Chances (doubtful attribution) · 1687
- Treatise of the Three Impostors (spurious) · 1719
- Johannes Colerus' Life of Spinoza · 1705
- Spinoza: A Life (biography by Steven Nadler) · 1999
- The Collected Works of Spinoza (ed. Edwin Curley) · 1985
- Spinoza: Complete Works (trans. Samuel Shirley) · 2002
- Spinoza Opera (ed. Carl Gebhardt) · 1925
- Opere (ed. Filippo Mignini) · 2007
Sources
- Spinoza, Benedictus de. Tractatus theologico-politicus. «Hamburgi» [Ámsterdam], 1670 (texto latino en Wikisource, ed. Gebhardt); A Theologico-Political Treatise, trad. R. H. M. Elwes (1883), Project Gutenberg #989-992.
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