Spinoza: Baruch Spinoza (1632 – 1677) was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin. He is considered one of the figures of the Enlightenment. Major works are Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order (1677), A Political Treatise (1677), On the Improvement of the Understanding (1662), Short Treatise on God, Man, and His Well-Being (1662), Theological-Political Treatise (1670). See also Enlightenment, Ethics, Theology._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |