BENEDICT DE SPINOZA: Theological-Political Treatise

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Theological-Political Treatise [9] Each person’s faith therefore must be deemed pious or impious by reason of their obedience or disobedience alone, and not in relation to truth or falsehood. Besides which, there is no doubt that man’s common 177 nature is extremely diverse. People do not agree about everything; rather opinions govern men in di¡erent ways such that doctrines that move one person to devotion provoke another to derision and contempt. It follows that in the true universal and general faith pertain no dogmas capable of giving rise to controversy amongst honest people. For doctrines of this nature may be pious in one person and impious in another, given that they are to be judged by works alone. The only tenets that belong to universal faith therefore are those that are absolutely required for obedience to God, ignorance of which makes obedience quite impossible. As for the rest, every person, knowing himself better than anyone else, should believe whatever he considers best for strengthening his love of justice. On this basis, I think no scope is left for disputes within the church. [10] Nor will I any longer hold back from listing the dogmas of universal faith or the fundamentals of the intent of the whole of Scripture, which (as follows very clearly from what we have shown in these two chapters) all tend towards this: that there exists a supreme being who loves justice and charity, and that, to be saved, all people must obey and venerate Him by practising justice and charity towards their neighbour. From this principle all the speci¢c points are readily derived, and there are no others beside these: (1) There is a God (that is, a supreme being) who is supremely just and merciful, or an exemplar of the true life, whom no one who does not know or who does not believe that He exists can obey or acknowledge as judge. (2) He is one; for no one can doubt that that this too is absolutely required for supreme devotion, admiration and love towards God. Devotion, admiration and love, will arise only from the pre-eminence of one above all others. (3) He is everywhere present and all things are manifest to Him; for if things were believed to be hidden from him, or if it were not known that he sees all things, there would be doubts about the equity of his justice by which he directs all things, or it would even be unknown. (4) He possesses supreme right and dominion over all things; nor is anything that He does compelled by laws, but He does all things at His absolute pleasure and by His unique grace. For all men are obliged to obey Him absolutely but He is obliged to obey no one. 182
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Introduction Spinoza’s aims The T
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