Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and scholar (died 1677)

Baruch Spinoza

17th century philosopher (1632–1677)

Baruch (de) Spinoza, 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,…