For Spinoza, by contrast, there is to be no criminalization of ideas in the well-ordered state. Libertas philosophandi, the freedom of philosophizing, must be upheld for the sake of a healthy, secure and peaceful commonwealth and material and intellectual progress.
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Steven Nadler, in his article [https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/spinozas-vision-of-freedom-and-ours/ Spinoza's Vision of Freedom, and Ours] (The New York Times, 5 February 2012)