BENEDICT DE SPINOZA: Theological-Political Treatise
BENEDICT DE SPINOZA: Theological-Political Treatise
BENEDICT DE SPINOZA: Theological-Political Treatise
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Index<br />
Curtius, Quintus ( ¢rst century ad) historian<br />
of Alexander the Great 4, 5, 211, 212,<br />
221<br />
Daniel, Book of 22, 26, 32, 38, 148, 150, 207, 269<br />
David 18, 29, 37, 126, 133, 134, 135, 137, 223, 228,<br />
248, 266, 267, 268, 273<br />
Democracy xviii, xxiv, xxix, xxvii, xxviii--xxix,<br />
xxx, xxxiii, xxxiv, 6, 73, 74, 200, 202, 203,<br />
214, 232--3, 240, 251, 257<br />
demonology, see spirits<br />
Descartes, Rene(1596^1650) French<br />
philosopher xv<br />
determinism 183, 198<br />
Diderot, Denis (1713^84), French radical<br />
philosophe xxii, xxiii, xxvii, xxxi<br />
divination 30, 51<br />
‘divine law’ xix, xlv--xlvi, 9, 10, 44, 45, 57, 59, 60,<br />
61, 65, 66, 67, 68--80, 71, 72, 78, 80, 91, 167,<br />
170, 197, 205, 229<br />
divine providence, see God’s will<br />
Dutch East India Company (VOC) 75, 207<br />
Dutch historiography xxxiv<br />
Dutch Reformed Church xxv, xxvi, xxvii, 258<br />
Dutch Republic (United Provinces) viii, xxvi,<br />
xxvii, xxx--xxxi, xxxiii, 6, 257--8<br />
Dutch Revolt (against Spain) 236--7<br />
Dutch West India Company (WIC) xxxv<br />
EarlyChurch(i.e.¢rst-centuryad)xx,7,19,105,<br />
161, 169, 247--8<br />
Ecclesiastes, Book of 145<br />
ecclesiastical authority eliminated ix, xviii, xx,<br />
xxiii--xxv, 114, 239, 245--6<br />
election of Israel, see ‘Chosen People’<br />
Elijah 33, 93, 109, 155<br />
Elisha 31, 33, 90<br />
empiricism x, xiv--xv, xvi--xvii<br />
Enden, Franciscus van den (1602^74) Dutch<br />
democratic political theorist xv, xxx,<br />
xxxvi, 6n<br />
England, Spinoza’s impact in xxxii<br />
English Revolution and Commonwealth<br />
(1642^60) 235--6<br />
Enlightenment xv, xix, xxx--xxxi, xxxiii<br />
epistemology, see empiricism<br />
equality xx, xxviii, 88, 202, 203, 214<br />
Esther, Book of 148, 149, 150<br />
Espinoza, Michael d’(c. 1588^1654), Spinoza’s<br />
father xxxv, 5<br />
Euclid 111, 263, 265<br />
Ezekiel 23,26,31,32,38,39,40,50,53,146--7,158,<br />
227<br />
Ezra, the Scribe 71, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132,<br />
142, 148, 149, 150, 152, 266, 269<br />
faith ix, xxiv, 8, 10, 176, 178, 180, 183, 190, 192<br />
false prophets 29, 87, 96, 99, 192, 233<br />
First Anglo-DutchWar (1652^54) xxxv, 236<br />
‘¢xed and unalterable laws of nature’ see<br />
universal laws<br />
France, Spinoza’s impact in xxxi<br />
freedom ofexpression ix,xx,xxi,xxv,xxvii--xxviii,<br />
xxix, 11, 251, 252--3, 255, 258--9<br />
freedom to publish xxix--xxx, xxv, xxvi<br />
freedom of thought(libertasphilosophandi) ix,<br />
xxii,xxiv--xxvi,xxix,xxvii--xxviii,xxx,xliv,<br />
6,8,10--11,38,116,179,184,191,195,234,<br />
250,251,252,253,254--5,257,258--9<br />
freedom of worship xxii, xxii--xxiii, xxiv--xxv,<br />
xxvii<br />
Gersonides (1288^ c. 1344) (or Levi ben<br />
Gershom) (acronym Ralbag) 265<br />
Gideon 133, 219<br />
God’swill 61--3,64--5,81--3,85--6,89--90,241--2,<br />
272<br />
Golden Calf 38--9, 88, 128, 166, 226<br />
Gospel, see NewTestament<br />
Greek Language 100, 154, 270<br />
Grotius, Hugo (1583^1645) Dutch statesman,<br />
jurist and political thinker xxxv<br />
Hagar 27<br />
Hampshire, Stuart (1914^2004), English<br />
philosopher xxviii<br />
Hananiah 39, 232<br />
happiness, unhappiness, and the ‘highest<br />
good’ x, xxviii, 30, 39, 43--4, 45--6, 48--9,<br />
59--60, 61, 66, 67, 68--80, 88, 97, 111, 116,<br />
169, 192, 271<br />
Hebrewlanguage and alphabet 93--4, 100--1, 105,<br />
106--7, 108--9, 114, 138, 140--1<br />
hermeneutics, see Bible exegesis<br />
highest good 59, 60, 61, 103<br />
history, of the biblical books, of prophecy, of<br />
nature 95, 98, 100, 101, 102, 106, 109--10,<br />
110, 111, 112, 118, 130--43, 144--54, 191<br />
Hobbes,Thomas (1588^1679) English<br />
philosopher and political theorist ix, xi,<br />
xiii, xxvi, xxvii, xxviii, xxix, xxx, xxxi,<br />
xxxiii, xxxvii, 197, 272<br />
Holy Spirit 97, 98, 102, 104, 159, 163, 193<br />
Ibn Ezra, Abraham (1089^1164), medieval<br />
Spanish Jewish Bible commentator and<br />
277