Baruch Spinoza
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Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century rationalist philosopher whose works on metaphysics, ethics, and religion profoundly influenced Enlightenment thought and modern philosophy.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Baruch Spinoza canonical | 91 |
| Spinoza | 6 |
| Benedictus de Spinoza | 3 |
| Benedict de Spinoza | 2 |
| Baruch | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Baruch Spinoza Context triple: [Dutch Republic, notablePhilosopher, Baruch Spinoza]
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Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens was a 17th-century Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer known for his work on the wave theory of light, the invention of the pendulum clock, and the discovery of Saturn’s moon Titan.
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Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, and social critic, renowned for his foundational work in analytic philosophy and contributions to logic, mathematics, and political thought.
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Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather was a prominent late 17th-century New England Puritan minister and prolific writer whose religious zeal and influence made him a central and controversial figure in early American history.
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Wilhelm von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt was a German philosopher, linguist, and statesman whose ideas about the creative, generative nature of language profoundly shaped modern linguistic theory.
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Theodor
Theodor "Ted" Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology best known for coining the term "hypertext" and envisioning global hyperlinked document systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Baruch Spinoza Target entity description: Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century rationalist philosopher whose works on metaphysics, ethics, and religion profoundly influenced Enlightenment thought and modern philosophy.
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Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens was a 17th-century Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer known for his work on the wave theory of light, the invention of the pendulum clock, and the discovery of Saturn’s moon Titan.
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Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, and social critic, renowned for his foundational work in analytic philosophy and contributions to logic, mathematics, and political thought.
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Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather was a prominent late 17th-century New England Puritan minister and prolific writer whose religious zeal and influence made him a central and controversial figure in early American history.
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Wilhelm von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humboldt was a German philosopher, linguist, and statesman whose ideas about the creative, generative nature of language profoundly shaped modern linguistic theory.
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Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was a 17th-century English mathematician, physicist, and natural philosopher whose formulation of classical mechanics and universal gravitation laid the foundations of modern science.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch philosopher
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Enlightenment precursor ⓘ Sephardi Jew ⓘ early modern philosopher ⓘ ethicist ⓘ human ⓘ metaphysician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ political philosopher ⓘ rationalist philosopher ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1632-11-24 ⓘ |
| birthName | Baruch Spinoza self-link ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Amsterdam
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Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | tuberculosis ⓘ |
| citizenship | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1677-02-21 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Dutch Republic
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The Hague ⓘ |
| era |
17th-century philosophy
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Age of Enlightenment precursor ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Sephardi Jews ⓘ |
| excommunicatedBy |
Sephardi Jews
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surface form:
Portuguese-Jewish community of Amsterdam
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| excommunicationYear | 1656 ⓘ |
| familyName |
Baruch Spinoza
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Spinoza
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| givenName |
Baruch Spinoza
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Baruch
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| influenced |
Albert Einstein
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Enlightenment philosophers ⓘ Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
surface form:
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ biblical criticism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Maimonides
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René Descartes ⓘ Stoicism ⓘ Thomas Hobbes ⓘ |
| language |
Dutch
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Latin ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
biblical criticism
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epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| name |
Baruch Spinoza
self-link
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Baruch Spinoza self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Benedictus de Spinoza
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| notableEvent | excommunication from the Amsterdam Portuguese-Jewish community ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
Deus sive Natura
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ethical rationalism ⓘ intellectual love of God ⓘ necessitarianism ⓘ parallelism of mind and body ⓘ substance monism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ethics
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Principles of Cartesian Philosophy ⓘ Tractatus Politicus ⓘ Tractatus Theologico-Politicus ⓘ Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect ⓘ |
| occupation |
lens grinder
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philosopher ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
continental philosophy
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monism ⓘ pantheism ⓘ rationalism ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| viewOnFreeWill | denied libertarian free will ⓘ |
| viewOnGod | identified God with Nature ⓘ |
| viewOnMindBody | mind-body parallelism ⓘ |
| viewOnScripture | advocated historical-critical study of the Bible ⓘ |
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Referenced by (103)
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