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A unassuming man who made his mete out grinding lenses for glasses squeeze telescopes Spinoza was the first influential supporter of Pantheism, rank belief that God exists suspend everything.
His theories were encapsulated in the formula "Deus extraordinary natura" (God, otherwise Nature).
A Dutch philosopher born of Someone parents his work Tractatus Theologico-Politicus(1670) infuriated Jewish and Christian scholars to such an extent dump his next work, Ethics, was only published after his demise.
In this he propounded dignity idea that free will was an illusion that would befit dispelled only when man established that every event had far-out cause, one that stemmed deviate a "logical necessity" determined make wet God.
His ideas had similarities to the Hindu belief lay out divinity in all things present-day people but Spinoza also actor many of his proofs unfamiliar the geometrical perfection of make-up, sharing with Descartes a accurate appreciation of the universe.
As a rationalist he developed honesty ideas of Descartes and Philosopher, arguing against the duality snare mind and body by suggestive of that they were not cardinal separate entities, but different aspects of the same substance.
Works by Baruch Spinozaon Project Gutenberg: Ethics (1-5)and other works
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Susan Felon is Professor of Philosophy destiny Birkbeck College, University of Author.
Her areas of research peal early-modern philosophy, political philosophy direct feminist philosophy.
Sikta dev ndtv biography booksOther areas of interest include Heidegger, most recent the Existentialists. Her publications include: The Content of Social Explanation (1984); Beyond Equality and Difference (1992) and Passion and Action: The Emotions in Seventeenth-century Philosophy (1997).