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Spinoza (other)
Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) was a Dutch philosopher. Spinoza may also refer to: * Spinoza (book), ''Spinoza'' (book), a 1951 book by Stuart Hampshire * ''Spinoza: Practical Philosophy'', a 1970 book by Gilles Deleuze * Spinoza Prize (''Spinozapremie''), the highest scientific award in the Netherlands * 7142 Spinoza, a main-belt asteroid * Spinoza (beetle), ''Spinoza'' (beetle), a beetle genus of the family Cleridae (checkered beetles) See also * Spinosa (other) * Espinoza (other) * David Spinozza, American guitarist and producer {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch (de) Spinoza (24 November 163221 February 1677), also known under his Latinized pen name Benedictus de Spinoza, was a philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin, who was born in the Dutch Republic. A forerunner of the Age of Enlightenment, Spinoza significantly influenced modern biblical criticism, 17th-century rationalism, and Dutch intellectual culture, establishing himself as one of the most important and radical philosophers of the early modern period. Influenced by Stoicism, Thomas Hobbes, René Descartes, Ibn Tufayl, and heterodox Christians, Spinoza was a leading philosopher of the Dutch Golden Age. Spinoza was born in Amsterdam to a Marrano family that fled Portugal for the more tolerant Dutch Republic. He received a traditional Jewish education, learning Hebrew and studying sacred texts within the Portuguese Jewish community, where his father was a prominent merchant. As a young man, Spinoza challenged rabbinic authority and questioned Jewish doctrines, leadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
