Editing Baruch Spinoza (section)

====Voorburg====
In 1663, Spinoza moved to [[Voorburg]] for an unknown reason. He continued working on ''Ethics'' and corresponded with scientists and philosophers throughout Europe. In 1665,{{sfn|Nadler|2018|p=264}} he began writing the ''Theological-Political Treatise'', which addresses theological and political issues such as the interpretation of scripture, the origins of the state, and the bounds of political and religious authority while arguing for a secular, democratic state.{{sfn|Nadler|2018|p=290}}{{sfn|Nadler|2018|p=332}} Before the publication of the ''Theological-Political Treatise'', Spinoza's friend [[Adriaan Koerbagh]] published a book that criticized organized religion, denied the divine authorship of the Bible, and asserted that miracles were impossible—ideas similar to those of Spinoza.{{sfn|Nadler|2018|pp=309-11}} His work attracted the attention of the authorities, leading to his imprisonment and eventual death in prison. Anticipating the reaction to his ideas, Spinoza published his treatise in 1670 under a false publisher and a fictitious place of publication.{{sfn|Nadler|2018|p=314}} The work did not remain anonymous for long.{{sfn|Nadler|2018|p=339}} [[Samuel Maresius]] attacked Spinoza personally, while [[Thomas Hobbes]] and [[Johannes Bredenburg]] criticized his conception of God and saw the book as dangerous and subversive.{{sfn|Nadler|2018|p=343}} Spinoza's work was safer than Koerbagh's because it was written in Latin, a language not widely understood by the general public, and Spinoza explicitly forbade its translation.{{sfn|Nadler|2018|p=346}} The secular authorities varied enforcing the Reformed Church in Amsterdam's orders to ban the distribution of the blasphemous book.{{sfn|Nadler|2018|p=344}}