In the preface to Spinoza's Posthumous Works, the unfinished Compendium grammatices linguæ Hebrææ is presented as a work which, according to the author's intention, would when completed take the form of an exhibition more geometrico of Hebrew grammar. In Spinoza studies, scholars often seek to determine the geometric aspect of the Compendium, especially in comparison with the Ethics, or to deny it, arguing for the incongruence of applying this method to an object - a language - which is inapprehensible to geometry. Upon reconsideration of these arguments and after the study of some passages of the Compendium, we believe it is possible to conclude that the work was in fact written as a geometrical exposition of Hebrew grammar, as revealed by the presence of an ordered and deductive movement that directs its composition.
Spinoza; Geometric method; Grammar