Garber, Daniel:
Religion and the Civil State in the 'Tractatus politicus'

In: Spinoza's 'Political Treatise' : A Critical Guide  / Melamed, Yitzhak Y. ; Sharp, Hasana (Hrsg./eds.). - Cambridge [e.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 2018: 128-[144]. - (Cambridge Critical Guides)

Literature type: Articles
Language: English
Thematic areas: Commentary of works, Philosophy of politics and law, Theology / biblical hermeneutics / philosophy of religion
Subject: TP, TTP

Complete bibliographic evaluation: yes
Autopsy: yes
English commentary: In determing the role of religion in politics, we find in Spinoza "an interesting tension": On the one hand he tries to strengthen a "universal religion" stressing the common features of all religions. On the other hand, Spinoza wants to strenghten religious liberty. "In the TP, the final statement in Spinoza's philosophy, we see him struggling to follow both paths." (p. 143-144)

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