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The exposure of the political regimes of the Political Treatise is not random; Spinoza first exposes the least convenient, that is, the monarchist, then the one that suits the most, the aristocracy, and finally democracy, a regime he conceives as the most perfect. This exposure criterion does not serve as a criterion to investigate what is the value of democracy for Spinoza, but it also allows us to investigate what is the main obstacle or danger that democracy must face so that it can really be instituted by citizens, and so that it is not instrumentalized by the particular interests of the rulers and politicians on duty.

Iván Ramón Rodríguez Benavidez, Universidad de La Salle, Bogotá, Colombia

PhD in philosophy from the Universidad de Barcelona. Master of Philosophy from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. His area of study is modern philosophy. Associate Professor, Universidad de La Salle.

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Received 2020-02-27
Accepted 2020-02-27
Published 2020-04-15