Spinoza, Benedict
A seventeenth-century Dutch philosopher who argued for a form of pantheism and set out his arguments like proofs in geometry. Spinoza earned a living by grinding lenses for spectacles and telescopes.
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What does "scattergood" mean?
a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; spendthrift.
a well-intentioned but naive and often ineffectual social or political reformer.
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spinous, spinous layer, spinous process, spin-out, Spinoza, Spinoza, Benedict, Spinozism, spinproof, spin quantum number, spin room, spin stabilization
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