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BENEDICT DE SPINOZA: Theological-Political Treatise

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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

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