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Spinoza

American

[spi-noh-zuh] / spɪˈnoʊ zə /

noun

Baruch or Benedict de 1632–77, Dutch philosopher.

Spinoza British

/ spɪˈnəʊzə /

noun

Baruch (bəˈruːk). 1632–77, Dutch philosopher who constructed a holistic metaphysical system derived from a series of hypotheses that he judged self-evident. His chief work is Ethics (1677)

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Mr. Graham-Dixon posits that Baruch Spinoza, a “philosophical pantheist” and a friend of many Collegiants, was an influence on Vermeer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Sun Valley Poly 76, Monroe 21: Julian Spinoza led the Parrots with 19 points.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2024

Consider, for example, the Sephardic Jew Baruch Spinoza, often cast as a Dutch philosopher.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

"And then it went into a gang-chester, Madchester, slow, horrible decline phase," Spinoza continues.

From BBC ● May 21, 2022

The interweaving of the personal and the philosophical in this excerpt is being used as an expository device, to help us understand the issues that Spinoza wrote about.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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