The purpose of this dissertation is to present the method of Scriptural interpretation described in the seventh chapter of the Theological-Political Treatise. According to its preface, Spinoza describes a new and free method of Scriptural interpretation, from which he investigates the issues relative to this interpretation, and that, throughout his argument, leading him to conclude in favor of the absolute freedom of reason and the separation between philosophy and theology. The method for the interpretation of Scripture allows to develop all the arguments necessary for the reader accept the conclusion of the Spinoza s Treatise, that freedom of thinking is beneficial to the state and the religion itself. For Spinoza, the method is a...