BENEDICT DE SPINOZA: Theological-Political Treatise
BENEDICT DE SPINOZA: Theological-Political Treatise
BENEDICT DE SPINOZA: Theological-Political Treatise
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Index<br />
philosopher xlvi, 37, 110, 119, 120, 121, 128,<br />
147, 148, 149, 261, 265<br />
improvement of human life (by weakening<br />
‘superstition’) 185, 197--8, 255<br />
individual liberty xx, xxii, xxvii, xxix, xxx, 202,<br />
252, 258<br />
Inquisition xxxvii, 250--1<br />
intellectual knowledge of God 59--60, 61, 66--7,<br />
176, 177<br />
Isaiah18,23,24,28,31,32,34,35,38,50,68,70,94,<br />
145, 158, 167<br />
Islam xi, xix, xvii, xix, xxi, xxii, 5, 7, 78<br />
Israel, ancient state of the Hebrews 11<br />
Israelites 16, 37, 38, 43--56, 63, 87--8, 156--7, 179,<br />
184<br />
James the Apostle, disagrees with Paul 161, 180<br />
Japan 75, 207<br />
Jelles, Jarig (c. 1620^1683), Collegiant ally of<br />
Spinoza xx, 112<br />
Jeremiah 29, 31, 40, 50, 53, 71, 103, 145--6, 158,<br />
163, 166, 176, 190, 241, 243, 269<br />
Jesus, see Christ<br />
Jews, in post-biblical times 55, 71, 79, 106<br />
Job, book of 41, 49, 110, 147<br />
John the Apostle 176, 180--1<br />
Jonah xxx, 39, 49, 50, 147, 158<br />
Jonathan ben Uziel (¢rst-century ad), disciple<br />
of Hillel and translator of the prophets into<br />
Aramaic 123<br />
Joshua 18, 33, 34, 35, 123, 125, 129, 132, 133, 134,<br />
152, 216, 217, 273, 274<br />
Book of Joshua 125<br />
Josiah 145<br />
Joseph 18, 22, 131, 132, 264, 265<br />
Josephus, Flavius (¢rst-century ad) Jewish<br />
historian 40, 96, 133, 135, 142, 147, 149, 232,<br />
269<br />
Judaism xi, xxi, xxii, 7, 74--5<br />
justice and charity, as the essence of true religion<br />
and the Bible xviii, xxiv, 10, 11,<br />
58, 103, 104, 170, 174, 176, 177, 178, 181,<br />
182, 183, 184, 185, 192, 203, 239, 240, 253,<br />
259<br />
justi¢cation by works 64, 161, 180<br />
Kimchi, David (c. 1160^1235), Jewish<br />
grammarian 267<br />
Koerbagh, Adriaen (1632^69), Dutch radical<br />
thinker xv, xxvi, xxxvi<br />
Koran, see Islam<br />
Kuhnraht, Heinrich (1560^1605), German<br />
mystical writer 1<br />
La Court, Johan de (1622^80) Dutch republican<br />
writer xxxvi, 6<br />
La Court, Pieter de (1618^85) Dutch republican<br />
writer xxx<br />
La Peyrere, Isaac (1596^1676) French<br />
Millenarian and Bible critic xi<br />
LawofMosesxlv,9,15,17,21,23,29,39,60,70,71,<br />
103, 116, 128, 145, 275<br />
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm (1646^1716)<br />
German philosopher xviii, xxxii, xxxvii,<br />
87<br />
Leicester, Robert Dudley, earl of (1533^88),<br />
governor-general of the United Provinces<br />
237<br />
Leiden University xxxvi, 260<br />
Levites, priestly tribe of the Hebrews 216, 226--7,<br />
228, 229, 231, 245, 248, 249<br />
liberty of the press, see freedom to publish<br />
literal sense (sensus literalis) 100--1, 113, 114, 115,<br />
177<br />
Locke, John (1632^1704) English philosopher<br />
xv, xvi, xxi, xxii, xxiii, xxvi, xxvii, xxix,<br />
xxxiii, 87<br />
Machiavelli, Niccolò (1469^1527) Florentine<br />
political thinker ix<br />
Maimonides, Moses (1135^1204)the<br />
pre-eminent medieval Jewish philosopher<br />
and rabbinic authority xlvi, 18, 79, 112, 113,<br />
114, 115, 147, 186, 187, 190, 269<br />
Malachi 48, 231, 270<br />
Marchand, Prosper (1675^1756), Huguenot<br />
editor and erudit 260<br />
Masoretes, (i.e. scribes involved in the early<br />
written transmission of the Old Testament<br />
Hebrew text) 140, 141, 170<br />
mathematical, as opposed to moral, certainty<br />
28, 29, 30, 191, 193<br />
Maurice of Nassau (1567^1625), Dutch<br />
Stadholder (1585^1625) xxvii, 258<br />
Meyer, Lodewijk (1629^81), intellectual ally and<br />
collaborator of Spinoza xl, xv, xvii, xxvi,<br />
xxxi, xxxvi, xxxvii, 271<br />
Micah 26<br />
Micaiah 29, 31, 41<br />
Miracles ix, xix, 9, 44, 46, 48, 81--96, 99, 104, 171,<br />
172, 205, 227<br />
monarchy xxiv,xxix,6,73,202,212,215,216,<br />
228--9,232,233,235,251,263<br />
Moses xi, xviii, 17, 18--19, 28, 31, 36--8, 39, 52, 63,<br />
69, 70, 74, 90, 100, 101, 103, 105, 112, 120,<br />
122, 123, 156, 157, 158, 163, 176, 179, 192,<br />
213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 227, 228, 240, 244,<br />
248, 273, 274<br />
278