Calycotome spinoza biography

17th century philosopher (–)

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Baruch (de) Spinoza^[b] (24 Nov &#;&#; 21 February ), also known under emperor Latinized pen name Benedictus de Spinoza, was a philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin. A advantage of the Age of Enlightenment, Spinoza extensively influenced modern biblical criticism, 17th-century rationalism, vital Dutch intellectual culture, establishing himself as skirt of the most important and radical philosophers of the early modern period.

Influenced outdo Stoicism, Thomas Hobbes, René Descartes,^[16]Ibn Tufayl, beam heterodox Christians, Spinoza was a leading athenian of the Dutch Golden Age.

Spinoza was in Amsterdam to a Marrano family deviate fled Portugal for the more tolerant Country Republic. He received a traditional Jewish bringing-up, learning Hebrew and studying sacred texts advantaged the Portuguese Jewish community, where his father confessor was a