History & The Arts
Trouble in paradise: The Dutch golden age
...worked as a lens-grinder while quietly developing his own philosophical system. Worried by the situation, in 1670 Spinoza anonymously published the Theological-Political Treatise (1670). In it, Spinoza argued that the Calvinists had acquired too much power over politics. Using his extensive knowledge of Hebrew and the Old Testament, Spinoza argued that all the teachings...