Friday, April 29, 2022

 

Thought Crime

Benedict Spinoza (1632-1677), Tractatus Theologico-Politicus, XVIII (tr. R.H.M. Elwes):
The most tyrannical governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right over his thoughts...

ibi enim violentissime regnatur, ubi opiniones, quae uniuscujusque juris sunt, quo nemo cedere potest, pro crimine habentur...
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# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 3:28 AM


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