Baruch Spinoza

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Dutch philosopher Enlightenment precursor Sephardi Jew early modern philosopher ethicist human metaphysician philosopher political philosopher rationalist philosopher

Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century rationalist philosopher whose works on metaphysics, ethics, and religion profoundly influenced Enlightenment thought and modern philosophy.

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instanceOf	Dutch philosopher ⓘ Enlightenment precursor ⓘ Sephardi Jew ⓘ early modern philosopher ⓘ ethicist ⓘ human ⓘ metaphysician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ political philosopher ⓘ rationalist philosopher ⓘ
birthDate	1632-11-24 ⓘ
birthName	Baruch Spinoza self-link ⓘ
birthPlace	Amsterdam ⓘ Dutch Republic ⓘ
causeOfDeath	tuberculosis ⓘ
citizenship	Dutch Republic ⓘ
deathDate	1677-02-21 ⓘ
deathPlace	Dutch Republic ⓘ The Hague ⓘ
era	17th-century philosophy ⓘ Age of Enlightenment precursor ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Sephardi Jews ⓘ
excommunicatedBy	Sephardi Jews ⓘ surface form: Portuguese-Jewish community of Amsterdam
excommunicationYear	1656 ⓘ
familyName	Baruch Spinoza self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Spinoza
givenName	Baruch Spinoza self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Baruch
influenced	Albert Einstein ⓘ Enlightenment philosophers ⓘ Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ surface form: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ biblical criticism ⓘ
influencedBy	Maimonides ⓘ René Descartes ⓘ Stoicism ⓘ Thomas Hobbes ⓘ
language	Dutch ⓘ Latin ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ
mainInterest	biblical criticism ⓘ epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ
name	Baruch Spinoza self-link ⓘ Baruch Spinoza self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Benedictus de Spinoza
notableEvent	excommunication from the Amsterdam Portuguese-Jewish community ⓘ
notableIdea	Deus sive Natura ⓘ ethical rationalism ⓘ intellectual love of God ⓘ necessitarianism ⓘ parallelism of mind and body ⓘ substance monism ⓘ
notableWork	Ethics ⓘ Principles of Cartesian Philosophy ⓘ Tractatus Politicus ⓘ Tractatus Theologico-Politicus ⓘ Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect ⓘ
occupation	lens grinder ⓘ philosopher ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	continental philosophy ⓘ monism ⓘ pantheism ⓘ rationalism ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
viewOnFreeWill	denied libertarian free will ⓘ
viewOnGod	identified God with Nature ⓘ
viewOnMindBody	mind-body parallelism ⓘ
viewOnScripture	advocated historical-critical study of the Bible ⓘ

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