De la Divina Providencia, o Sea Naturaleza Universal, o Natura Naturante, Tratado Theologico

NIETO, DAVID

James Dover

London

1704

First Edition

Kayserling, p.78; Roth, Marrano Typography, p.8; Den Boer, Catalogue Etz Haim/ Livraria Montezinos, n.427

A famous reply by Haham Nieto, to the accusation that he had Spinozistic leanings. It is an elaboration of the sermon Nieto had delivered to combat the deistic notion of a “Nature” apart from God. Nieto identified Nature with God; and, though he made it clear that he had natura naturans and not natura naturata (see Spinoza) in mind, the matter caused an upstir in his community. Nevertheless, the Chacham Tzvi Ashkenazi ruled in his favor.