Baruch de Spinoza | |
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Era | 17th-century philosophy |
Region | Western Philosophy |
School | Rationalism, founder of Spinozism |
Main interests | Ethics, Epistemology, Metaphysics |
Notable ideas | Pantheism, Conatus, Deism, neutral monism, intellectual and religious freedom / separation of church and state, Criticism of Mosaic authorship of certain books of the Hebrew Bible, Political society derived from power, not contract |
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Baruch Spinoza also known as Benedict Spinoza (24 November 1632 in Amsterdam – 21 February 1677 in The Hague) was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Jewish origin. He is considered to be one of the great Rationalist philosophers of the 17th century. Other famous rationalists include Gottfried Leibniz and René Descartes.
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