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Baruch Spinoza

Born

in Amsterdam, Netherlands

November 24, 1632

Died

February 21, 1677

Website

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spinoza

Genre

Philosophy, Science

Influences

René Descartes, Maimonides, Abraham ibn Ezra, Avicenna, Averroes, Aris ...more

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Baruch Spinoza, often Benedictus de Spinoza, was a Dutch philosopher. The breadth and importance of Spinoza's work was not fully realized until many years after his death. By laying the groundwork for the 18th-century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, including modern conceptions of the self and, arguably, the universe, he came to be considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy.
His magnum opus, the posthumous Ethics, in which he opposed Descartes' mind–body dualism, has earned him recognition as one of Western philosophy's most important thinkers. In the Ethics, "Spinoza wrote the last indisputable Latin masterpiece, and one in which the refined conceptions of medieval philosophy are finally turned against ...more

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	Ethics 4.09 avg rating — 16,650 ratings — published 1677 — 829 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Theological-Political Treatise 4.08 avg rating — 4,625 ratings — published 1670 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ethics/Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect/Selected Letters by Baruch Spinoza, Seymour Feldman, Samuel Shirley (Translator) 4.17 avg rating — 1,721 ratings — published 1883 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Improvement of the Understanding 3.66 avg rating — 672 ratings — published 1667 — 189 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Spinoza Reader: The Ethics and Other Works by Baruch Spinoza, Edwin M. Curley (Translator) 4.19 avg rating — 337 ratings — published 1994 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complete Works by Baruch Spinoza, Samuel Shirley (Translator), Michael L. Morgan (Editor) 4.51 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 1677 — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Philosophy of Benedict de Spinoza by Baruch Spinoza, Joseph Ratner (Editor) 3.93 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1933 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Short Treatise on God, Man, and His Well-Being 4.16 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1862 — 79 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Essential Spinoza: Ethics and Related Writings by Baruch Spinoza, Michael L. Morgan (Editor), Samuel Shirley (Translator) 4.22 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2006 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spinoza: The Letters 3.91 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1995 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.”
― Baruch Spinoza

tags: education, free-thought, philosophy

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“The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure....you are above everything distressing.”
― Spinoza

tags: philosophy

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“I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace.”
― Baruch Spinoza

tags: philosophy

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