Commentary

• Piety, Peace and the Freedom to Philosophize

  - Bagley, P. J. Piety, Peace and the Freedom to Philosophize. New York: Springer, 1999.
  From the Publisher: “The 11 essays collected here have been composed by members of the North American Spinoza Society. They exhibit the fruits of the research, investigation and erudition of an array of established scholars and newer students whose… More

• “I Durst Not Write So Boldly’ or, How to Read Hobbes’s Theological-political Treatise”

  - Curley, Edwin. “‘I Durst Not Write So Boldly’ or, How to Read Hobbes’s Theological-political Treatise.” Hobbes e Spinoza, Scienza e Politica, Pp497–593 (1992).
  Excerpt: “One of the most tantalizing anecdotes in Aubrey’s not so brief life of Hobbes concerns Hobbes’ (alleged) reaction to Spinoza’s Theological-Political Trea­tise (TTP).  As recently emended, the entire passage runs as follows:… More

• “Castellio Vs. Spinoza on Religious Toleration”

  - Curley, Edwin. “Castellio Vs. Spinoza on Religious Toleration.” In The Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, 7:89–110, 2010.
  Abstract: “The central thesis of Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise is that the state not only can permit freedom of philosophizing without endangering piety or the public peace, but that it must do so if it is not to destroy piety and the… More

• “The Immortality of the Soul in Descartes and Spinoza”

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  Curley, Edwin M. “The Immortality of the Soul in Descartes and Spinoza.” Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 75 (August 23, 2010): 27–41.
  Abstract: “In this paper, I examine the thought of Descartes and Spinoza regarding the immortality of the soul. I conclude that Descartes’s argument(s) for the immortality of the soul—or at least the argument(s) that one can construct based on… More