Baruch (Benedict or Bento) de Spinoza

Benedict de Spinoza

DUTCH-JEWISH PHILOSOPHER

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• Richard H. Popkin

LAST UPDATED: Nov 20, 2019 See Article History

Alternative Titles: Baruch Spinoza, Bendictus Spinoza, Bento de Espinosa

Benedict de Spinoza, Hebrew forename Baruch, Latin forename Benedictus, Portuguese Bento de Espinosa, (born November 24, 1632, Amsterdam—died February 21, 1677, The Hague), Dutch Jewish philosopher, one of the foremost exponents of 17th-century Rationalism and one of the early and seminal figures of the Enlightenment. His masterwork is the treatise Ethics (1677)./.../

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