Author: Benedictus de Spinoza
Alternate names: Benedictus de Spinoza; Benedict de Spinoza; Benedict Spinoza; Baruch de Spinoza; Spinoza, Benedictus de; Benedictus De Spinoza; Benedictus de Benedictus de Spinoza; Baruch Spinoza (Dit Benedictus De); Benedictus De 1632-1677 Spinoza; Spinoza Benedictus De; DE SPINOZA BARUCH; Baruch Spinoza SPINOZA; Baruch De Spinoza; Spinoza Baruch; Baruch Baruch Spinoza; Baruch Spinoza; Benedictus De Spinoza (Translated By Andrew Boyle); Benedictus Spinoza; Baruj Spinoza; Baruch Spinosa
Born: 1632
Died: 1677
Bio: A Dutch philosopher of Sephardi/Portuguese origin. By laying the groundwork for the 18th-century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, including modern conceptions of the self and the universe, he came to be considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch_Spinoza>Wikipedia</a>).