Spinoza
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- proper noun
- /spɪˈnoʊzə/
- Many philosophers studied the works of Spinoza to understand his impact on modern thought.
- Spinoza's philosophy
- influence of Spinoza
- Spinoza's thought
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Watch on YouTubeAnd so people like Benedict Spinoza, he clearly Cartesian.
- And so people like Benedict Spinoza, he clearly Cartesian.
- It could be Spinoza's God or substance, right?
- This is Plato, but Spinoza, the most logical of the rationalist.
- It targets Descartes, Spinoza, people like that.
- He believed in the God of Spinoza, the God of order, simplicity, harmony, beauty.
- You know, there's, for example, there's a statue if you go to Amsterdam, there's a statue of Baruch Spinoza in one of the squares there.
- OK, a lot more than Spinoza is coming out of that same.
- But when it opened up with, I suppose Spinoza and then but then country and the, and the, the, the Enlightenment era.
Examples
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In a sense, Kant represents the exact opposite of Spinoza's philosophy.
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Such was, in fact, the intention of Spinoza and Locke.
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- Spinoza was a Jew.
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And yet Spinoza didn't believe in the Holy Trinity.
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There is thus a definite practical dimension to the Christian idea which Spinoza has incorporated into philosophy.
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He believed in the God of Spinoza, the God of order, simplicity, harmony, beauty.
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Prior to Spinoza, Descartes had kept the realms of faith and reason radically separate.
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Unlike Descartes, mind (or the mental attribute), for Spinoza, was found throughout Nature.
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Given the inherent anthropomorphism in Spinoza's thought, the move to subjective idealism after Kant was a natural one.
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Baruch Spinoza was a significant figure in 17th-century philosophy, known for his pantheistic views.
Synonyms
A Dutch philosopher who said God and nature are the same and used reason to explain things
A Dutch philosopher who said God and nature are the same
Surface Forms
Etymology
Spinoza comes from a Spanish/Portuguese word espina meaning 'thorn' or 'thorn bush'. A helpful way to remember the Dutch philosopher is to imagine his ideas as 'sharp' and clear, like a thorn that cuts through confusion.