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Baruch Spinoza (/bəˈruːk spɪˈnoʊzə/;[3] born Benedito de Espinosa; 24 November 1632 – 21 February 1677,

later Benedict de Spinoza) was a Dut! "!#loso"!er o$ %e"!ar&# 'ortuuese or##n[2] *!e brea&t! an& #m"ortane o$

%"#no+as wor- was not $ully real#+e& unt#l many years a$ter !#s &eat! .y lay#n t!e roun&wor- $or t!e 1/t!0

entury nl#!tenment[4] an& mo&ern b#bl#al r#t##sm,[] #nlu&#n mo&ern one"t#ons o$ t!e sel$ an&, aruably, t!e un#verse,

[6] !e ame to be ons#&ere& one o$ t!e reat rat#onal#sts o$  17t!0entury "!#loso"!y[7] #s manum o"us, t!e

"ost!umous Ethics, #n w!#! !e o""ose& Desartes m#n&–bo&y &ual#sm, !as earne& !#m reon#t#on as one o$  estern"!#loso"!ys most #m"ortant t!#n-ers 5n t!e Ethics, %"#no+a wrote t!e last #n&#s"utable at#n master"#ee, an& one #n w!#!

t!e re$#ne& one"t#ons o$ me&#eval "!#loso"!y are $#nally turne& aa#nst t!emselves an& &estroye& ent#rely [/] eel sa#&,

8ou are e#t!er a %"#no+#st or not a "!#loso"!er at all[9]#s "!#loso"!#al aom"l#s!ments an& moral !arater "rom"te&

2:t!0entury "!#loso"!er  #lles Deleu+e to name !#m t!e "r#ne o$ "!#loso"!ers[1:]

%"#no+as #ven name var#es between &#$$erent lanuaes< ebrew< =>?@ABC ?E Baruch Spinoza, 'ortuuese< Benedito or

Bento de Espinosa an&at#n< Benedictus de Spinoza; #n all t!ese lanuaes, t!e #ven name means .lesse& %"#no+a was

ra#se& #n t!e 'ortuuese Gew#s! ommun#ty #n Hmster&am e &evelo"e& !#!ly ontrovers#al #&eas rear&#n t!e

aut!ent##ty o$ t!e ebrew .#ble an& t!e nature o$ t!e D#v#ne *!e Gew#s! rel##ous aut!or#t#es #ssue& a cherem (ebrew<

IEJ, a -#n& o$ ban, s!unn#n, ostra#sm, eK"uls#on, or eKommun#at#on) aa#nst !#m, e$$et#vely eKlu&#n !#m $rom Gew#s!

so#ety at ae 23 #s boo-s were also later "ut on t!e Lat!ol# L!ur!s Index of Forbidden Books

%"#no+a l#ve& an outwar&ly s#m"le l#$e as a lens r#n&er, turn#n &own rewar&s an& !onours t!rou!out !#s l#$e, #nlu&#n

"rest##ous tea!#n "os#t#ons

%"#no+a &#e& at t!e ae o$ 44 allee&ly o$ a lun # llness, "er!a"s tuberulos#s or  s#l#os#s eKaerbate& by $#ne lass &ust

#n!ale& w!#le r#n&#n o"t#al lenses %"#no+a #s bur#e& #n t!e !ur!yar& o$ t!e L!r#st#an N#euwe Mer- #n *!e aue[11]

Contents

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• 1 .#ora"!y

o 11 Fam#ly an& ommun#ty or##ns

o 12 17t!0entury ollan&

o 13 arly l#$e

o 14 K"uls#on $rom t!e Gew#s! ommun#ty

o 1 ater l#$e an& areer 

o 16 oorbur

o 17 ens0r#n&#n an& o"t#s

o 1/ *!e aue

o 19 r#t#ns an& orres"on&ene

• 2 '!#loso"!y

o 21 %ubstane, attr#butes an& mo&es

o 22 t!#al "!#loso"!y

o 23 %"#no+as Ethics

• 3 #story o$ ree"t#on

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o 31 'ant!e#st, "anent!e#st , or at!e#stO

o 32 Lom"ar#son to astern "!#loso"!#es

o 33 %"#no+as ree"t#on #n t!e 2:t! entury

o 34 %"#no+as rel##ous r#t##sm an& #ts e$$et on t!e "!#loso"!y o$ lanuae

o 3 %"#no+a #n l#terature an& "o"ular ulture

• 4 .#bl#ora"!y

• %ee also

• 6 Pe$erenes

• 7 %oures

• / Kternal l#n-s

Biography [edit]

Richard "Rick" Davies (born 22 Guly 1944, #n %w#n&on, #lts!#re, nlan&) #s an nl#s! mus##an, best -nown as t!e

$oun&er, voal#st an& -eyboar&#st o$ "roress#ve ro- ban& %u"ertram" Dav#es #s t!e only member o$ %u"ertram" to !ave

been w#t! t!e rou" $or t!e#r ent#re !#story, an& !as om"ose& many o$ t!e#r most well0-nown sons, #nlu&#n oo&bye

%traner , .loo&y ell P#!t, Qy M#n& o$ a&y, an& Lannonball e #s enerally note& $or !#s

so"!#st#ate& blues an&  Ra++0#n$luene& "roress#ve ro- om"os#t#ons an& yn#al lyr#s

%tart#n w#t! Indelibly Stamped  #n 1971, Dav#es s!are& lea& voals w#t! %u"ertram" sonwr#t#n "artner, Poer

o&son unt#l t!e latters &e"arture #n 19/3,[2] at w!#! "o#nt !e beame t!e sole lea& voal#st o$ t!e rou" Dav#ess vo#e #s

more &#st#ntly masul#ne t!an o&sons, an& !e usually em"loys a ras"y bar#tone w!#! stan&s #n star- ontrast to !#s

ban&mates !#l&l#-e tenor owever, !e oas#onally s#ns #n a$alsetto w!#! su"er$##ally resembles o&sons voals, su!

as on oo&bye %traner an& Qy M#n& o$ a&y e also "lays !armon#a $or t!e rou"