Dutch philosopher.
“If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.”
Baruch Espinosa was born on 24 November 1632 in the Jodenbuurt in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Baruch Spinoza was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Sephardi origin.
One of the early thinkers of the Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, including modern conceptions of the self and the universe.
He was considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy.
Inspired by the groundbreaking ideas of René Descartes, Spinoza became an important philosophical figure of the Dutch Golden Age.
Based on a conversation in our WhatsApp group.
In Portuguese.
Petronio: A família de Spinoza fugiu de Portugal para a Holanda para escapar das perseguições aos judeus no tempo da Inquisição ibérica.
[11:35 PM, 8/7/2021] Petronio: O extremismo religioso (inquisição católica) que levou à expulsão dos judeus e árabes de Portugal é uma causa determinante do fim do ciclo de progresso do período dos descobrimentos.
