Quotes from Theologico-Political Treatise — Baruch Spinoza
1632–1677 Netherlands
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Many things are narrated in Scripture as real, and were believed to be real, which were in fact only symbolical and imaginary.
Theologico-Political Treatise (1677)
I must at this juncture declare that those doctrines which certain churches put forward concerning Christ, I neither affirm nor deny, for I freely confess that I do not grasp them.
Theologico-Political Treatise (1677)
All the events narrated in Scripture came to pass naturally, and are referred directly to God because Scripture, as we have shown, does not aim at explaining things by their natural causes, but only at narrating what appeals to the popular imagination, and doing so in the manner best calculated to excite wonder, and consequently to impress the minds of the masses with devotion.
Theologico-Political Treatise (1677)