About Baruch Spinoza
Baruch (de) Spinoza (24 November 1632 – 21 February 1677), known under his preferred Latinized pen name as 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...