| Birth: | Nov. 24, 1632
Amsterdam
Noord-Holland, Netherlands | | Death: | Feb. 21, 1677
The Hague (Den Haag)
Zuid-Holland, Netherlands | 
Dutch philosopher. Born Bento de Espinoza, descendant of Portuguese sephards. Educated in an Amsterdam Jewish school. Following contacts with Mennonites and influenced by the teachings of Descartes and scholastics, he became more and more critical of Jewish heritage, to the point of being excluded from his parish. Later studies in Leyden.
Since 1661 author of books about the critical interpretation of the bible and developer of a system of ethics : Tractatus de intellectus emendatione; Renati Descartes principiorum philosophiae mori geometrico demonstrata; Tractatus theologico-politicus; Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata; Tractatus politicus.
zekher tzadik livrakha
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Nieuwe Kerk (New Church)
Delft
Delft Municipality
Zuid-Holland, Netherlands |
Created by: Dieter Birkenmaier
Record added: Oct 31, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 31022656 |
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