Spinoza's authority in the treatises : an introduction

Dimitris Vardoulakis

Spinoza's authority in the treatises : an introduction

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

Any discussion of authority in Spinoza's political treatises"”both the Theological-Political Treatise and the Political Treatise"”needs to start by explaining what "authority" means in this context. There are at least three wordsin Latin which cover the semantic range of the term authority in English. Theyare "auctoritas," "imperium" and "summa potestas."

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Spinoza's Authority Volume II: Resistance and Power in the Political Treatises
Editors	Kiarina Kordela, Dimitris Vardoulakis
Place of Publication	U.K.
Publisher	Bloomsbury Academic
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781350011045
ISBN (Print)	9781350011069
Publication status	Published - 2018

Keywords

Spinoza
Benedictus de
1632-1677
authority

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