"Satis amplam libertatem": an interpretation of Spinoza’s Political Treatise
Abstract
Within Spinoza’s mature work Ethics and Theologico-political treatise (TTP) have been
thoroughly analyzed. However, Political treatise (TP) has been considered a minor piece for being an
unfinished work which contains some structural problems. Despite these flaws, we claim that TP contains
Spinoza’s most accomplished political theory since all the consequences of being guided by a strictly
immanent notion of politics are drawn in this piece of work. In this sense, TP follows the program outlined
by Spinoza’s fundamental doctrine found in Ethics more consistently than TTP does. This leads to the
consideration of politics as tendency in two opposite directions: power expansion and power concentration.
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