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BENEDICT DE SPINOZA: Theological-Political Treatise

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On the interpretation of Scripture<br />

not some light above nature or any external authority. The criterion<br />

should not be so di⁄cult that it cannot be applied by any but the most<br />

acute philosophers, but should be adapted to the natural and common<br />

intelligence and capacity of [all] human beings, as we have shown that<br />

our norm is; for we have seen that the di⁄culties which it continues to<br />

present have their origin not in the nature of the method but in men’s<br />

carelessness.<br />

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