Spinoza

On the Theologico-Politicus Treatise (page incomplete)

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The treatise was published anonymously in 1670 by Jan Rieuwertsz in Amsterdam. In order to protect the author and publisher from political retribution, the title page identified the city of publication as Hamburg and the publisher as Henricus Kunraht. It was written in New Latin rather than the vernacular Dutch in an attempt to avoid censorship by the secular Dutch authorities. (from Wikipedia)

Source: Theologico-Political Treatise - Part I (tr. Elwes)

Comment:

as a test of the intellectual waters to see if it was safe to publish the Ethics