Baruch Spinoza
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    Baruch Spinoza

    Baruch Spinoza(1632–1677)

    Dutch philosopher whose Ethics offers a radically systematic account of God or Nature, causality, and human freedom. He developed a critique of superstition and a new way of reading scripture that deeply shaped modern biblical criticism and political theory.

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    Works and Epistles

    Full title: [Tracts]

    The Dial's edition: 1777

    A comprehensive edition of Spinoza's philosophical writings. Listed in The Dial as Spinoza's Works and Epistles, 1877.