Conspiracy Theories as Superstition: Today’s Mirror Image in Spinoza’s Tractatus Theologico-Politicus

The contention in this paper is that the theological-political disputes Spinoza was concerned with 350 years ago are similar to the conspiratorial disputes we experience today. The world in Spinoza’s Tractatus theologico-politicus, a political intervention in his time, serves as a “mirror image”, th...

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Main Author: Jamie van der Klaauw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Philosophies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9287/6/2/39