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Public-domain English part-volume of Spinoza’s 1670 Theologico-Political Treatise

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Freedom of thought, religious interpretation, faith, justice, charity, political authority and the dangers of coercing philosophical belief.

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“Faith, therefore, allows the greatest latitude in philosophic speculation, allowing us without blame to think what we like about anything.”
Benedict de Spinoza · A Theologico-Political Treatise — Part III · 1670

Spinoza separates faithful conduct from enforced uniformity of speculation: people can differ widely in philosophical belief while still being judged by whether their teaching leads toward justice and charity rather than hatred.

Source note: A Theologico-Political Treatise, Part III, Chapter XIV, Project Gutenberg #991. The sentence is followed by Spinoza’s distinction between opinions that foster obstinacy, hatred and strife and those that support justice and charity.