Theologico-Political Treatise — Part 4 by Benedictus de Spinoza
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[19:4] Position of the Apostles exceptional.
[19:5] Why Christian States, unlike the Hebrew, suffer from disputes between the civil and ecclesiastical powers. [19:6] Absolute power in things spiritual of modern rulers. [20:0] CHAPTER XX - That in a Free State every man may Think what he Likes, and Say what he Thinks. [20:1] The mind not subject to State authority. [20:2] Therefore in general language should not be. [20:3] A man who disapproving of a law, submits his adverse opinion to the judgment of the authorities, while acting in accordance with the law, deserves well of the State. [20:4] That liberty of opinion is beneficial, shown from the history of Amsterdam. [20:5] Danger to the State of withholding it. - Submission of the Author to the judgment of his country's rulers. |
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