Its 17th chapter shows that no one can transfer all things to the sovereign power, and discusses the reasons why a certain ancient state could both perish and could scarcely exist without sedition. Its final chapter concludes that the state is never safer than when piety and religion are taken to consist solely in the practice of charity and justice, and refers to a line from Tacitus in claiming that "in a free state everyone is allowed to think what they wish and to say what they think." Earlie
Its 17th chapter shows that no one can transfer all things to the sovereign power, and discusses the reasons why a certain ancient state could both perish and could scarcely exist without sedition. Its final chapter concludes that the state is never safer than when piety and religion are taken to consist solely in the practice of charity and justice, and refers to a line from Tacitus in claiming that "in a free state everyone is allowed to think what they wish and to say what they think." Earlier chapters ask whether the prophetic gift was peculiar to the Hebrews and show that the Pentateuch was not written by the person after whom it is named. FTP, name this work from 1670 which discusses the Bible and the state, a philosophical text by Spinoza.
Its 17th chapter shows that no one can transfer all things to the sovereign power, and discusses the reasons why a certain ancient state could both perish and could scarcely exist without sedition.
{Theological-Political Treatise} or {Tractatus theologico-politicus}