Baruch (Benedict) Spinoza (
1632-
1677) was one of the great rationalists
? of [early modern philosophy]
?, along with
René Descartes and
Gottfried Leibniz. He was
Jewish, of Spanish parents, and born in the
Netherlands. He is perhaps most famous for his
pantheism, his
neutral monism, and the fact that his
Ethics was written out in the form of postulates and definitions, as if it were a geometry treatise.
Works:
- A Theologico-Political Treatise (1670)
- Tractatus Politicus (1677)
- Ethics (1677)
- On the Improvement of the Understanding (1677)
- Short Treatise on God, Man and His Well-Being
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