文档介绍：斯宾诺莎政治论文选(英文)BENEDICTDESPINOZA'SPOLITICALTREATISE,WHERETNISDEMONSTRATED,HOWTHESOCIETYTNWHTCHMONARCHICALDOMINIONFINDSPLACE,ASALSOTHATINWHICHTHEDOMINIONISARISTOCRATIC,SHOULDBEORDERED,SOASNOTTOLAPSEINTOATYRANNY,BUTTOPRESERVEINVIOLATETHEPEACEANDFREEDOMOFTHECITIZENS.[TRACTATUSPOLITICUS.]・&SonLondon1883RenderedintoHTMLandTextbyJonRolandoftheConstitutionSociety1998FROMTHEEDTTOR,[in1677].Itsreasoningsareexact,itsstyleclear・Abandoningtheopinionsofm&nypoliticalwriters,hemostfirmlypropoundsthereinhisownjudgment;andthroughoutdrawshisconclusionsfromhispremisses・Inthefirstfivechapters,hetreatsofpoliticalscienceingeneral―inthesixthandseventh,ofmonarchy;intheeighth,ninth,andtenth,ofaristocracy;lastly,theeleventhbeginsthesubjectofdemocraticgovernment・Buthisuntimelydeathwasthereasonthathedidnotfinishthistreatise,andthathedidnotdealwiththesubjectoflaws,norwiththevariousquestionsaboutpolitics,asmaybeseenfromthefollowing"LetteroftheAuthortoaFriend,whichmayproperlybeprefixedtothisPoliticalTreatise,andserveitforaPreface:z,―"DearFriend,--,wereInotengagedinsomething,whichIthinkmoreuseful,andwhich,Ibelieve,willpleaseyoumore--thatis,inpreparingaPoliticalTreatise,whichIbegansometimesince,uponyouradvice・Ofthistreatise,sixchaptersarealreadyfinished・Thefirstcontainsakindofintroductiontotheactualwork;thesecondtreatsofnaturalright;thethird,oftherightofsupremeauthorities・Inthefourth,Iinquire,whatpoliticalmattersaresubjecttothedirectionofsupremeauthorities:inthefifth,whatistheultimateandhighestendwhichasocietycancontemplate;and,inthesixth,howamonarchyshouldbeordered,,whereinImakearegulardemonstrationofalltheheadsofmyprecedingsixthchapter,concerningtheorderingofawell-