Baruch Spinoza
Dutch philosopher of Sephardic Jewish origin who developed a comprehensive metaphysical system. Spinoza's Ethics presented a pantheistic view of God and nature as one substance, radically challenging traditional theology. His arguments for freedom of thought, democracy, and the geometric method of philosophy influenced the Enlightenment. Excommunicated from the Jewish community for his heretical views, Spinoza lived in relative poverty, grinding lenses for a living.
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