Security, Freedom, and Concordia in Spinoza's Republican Thought
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https://doi.org/10.26512/rfmc.v7i2.25781Keywords:
Spinoza, Humanism, Politics, Security, FreedomAbstract
This paper intends to present the construction of the concepts of security and freedom in the Spinoza’s political writings, rethinking its construction in dialogue with the humanist tradition, most specifically with Thomas More and Erasmus of Rotterdam. This dialogue is related to the humanist problem of pietas, in the moral aspect, and concordia, in the political aspect, to be reconsidered and articulated with the political realism introduced by Machiavel and Hobbes. Finally, we aim to analyze the peculiarity of the Dutch philosopher, problematizing such concepts in the Theological-political Treatise and the Political Treatise.
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