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Benedictus de Spinoza






Benedictus de Spinoza

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born
November 24, 1632

died
February 21, 1677

gender
male

place of birth
Amsterdam, Netherlands

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genre
Philosophy, Science

influences
Hobbes, Descartes, Stoics, Avicenna, Maimonides, Nicholas of Cusa, Aristotle, Bacon, Plato


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"Baruch or Benedict de Spinoza (Portuguese: Bento de Espinosa, Latin: Benedictus de Spinoza) (November 24, 1632 – February 21, 1677) was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Jewish origin. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of Spinoza's work was not fully realized until years after his death. Today, he is considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy, laying the groundwork for the 18th century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism. By virtue of his magnum opus, the posthumous Ethics, in which he opposed Descartes' mind–body dualism, Spinoza is considered to be one of Western philosophy's most important philosophers. Philosopher and historian Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel ...more




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Ethics Ethics
by Benedictus de Spinoza
avg rating 4.02 — 315 ratings — published 1975
60 editions
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Theological-Political Treatise... Theological-Political Treatise: Gebhardt Edition
by Benedictus de Spinoza
avg rating 4.00 — 66 ratings — published 1951
41 editions
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A Spinoza Reader A Spinoza Reader
by Benedictus de Spinoza
avg rating 4.28 — 40 ratings — published 1994
4 editions
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Works of Spinoza: On the Impro... Works of Spinoza: On the Improvement of the Human Understanding. The Ethics. Selected Letters. (Volume II)
by Benedictus de Spinoza
avg rating 4.05 — 19 ratings — published 1955
3 editions
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Complete Works Complete Works
by Benedictus de Spinoza, Samuel Shirley (Translator)
avg rating 4.33 — 15 ratings — published 2002
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The Collected Works of Spinoza... The Collected Works of Spinoza, Volume I
by Benedictus de Spinoza, Edwin M. Curley
avg rating 4.80 — 5 ratings — published 1985
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The Essential Spinoza: Ethics... The Essential Spinoza: Ethics And Related Writings
by Benedictus de Spinoza, Michael L. Morgan
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 2006
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Principles of Cartesian Philos... Principles of Cartesian Philosophy, with Metaphysical Thoughts and Lodewijk Meyer's Inaugural Dissertation
by Benedictus de Spinoza
avg rating 3.00 — 2 ratings — published 1961
5 editions
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The Letters The Letters
by Benedictus de Spinoza
avg rating 3.00 — 2 ratings — published 1995
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On the Improvement of Understa... On the Improvement of Understanding
by Benedictus de Spinoza
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2008
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"I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace."
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"The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free."
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"There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope."
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