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Quotation from A Theologico-Political Treatise by Baruch Spinoza
“The most tyrannical governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right over his thoughts”
A Theologico-Political Treatise, Chapter XVIII, trans. R. H. M. Elwes
One of the lessons Spinoza draws from the history of the Hebrew commonwealth.
Citation: "The most tyrannical governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right over his thoughts" — Baruch Spinoza, A Theologico-Political Treatise, Chapter XVIII, trans. R. H. M. Elwes. (id spinoza-theologico-political-treatise-q6)
Portrait: Spinoza, anonymous, Public domain.
