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To the Very Learned and Experienced Mr. Johannes Bouwmeester
From B. d. S.
Most Learned Sir, special Friend,
I have not been able till now to reply to your last letter, which I received some time…
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Baruch Spinoza
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Voorburg, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Voorburg, Netherlands)
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1666
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From B. d. S.
[Dear Friend],
As far as Politics is concerned, the difference you ask about, between Hobbes and me, is this: I always preserve natural Right…
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Baruch Spinoza
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The Hague, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (The Hague, Netherlands)
Date:
1674
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Samuel Benavente
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1699
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Turn from evil and do good.
Beloved Son. The great esteem in which I hold you and my intense desire for your welfare have prompted me to draw up this list of virtues as an antidote against the…
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Isaac de Matatia Aboab
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1685
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ḥaver:Do you think languages are eternal, and have no beginning?
Kuzari:They are invented and instituted by common consent, rather than natural; this is evident from their composition of nouns, verbs…
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Jacob Abendana
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1663
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You asked how an object can move without being touched, and this indeed is a puzzling matter to all sages. To explain this issue, I must first discuss some rudiments of the science of music, for if…
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Joseph Solomon Delmedigo
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1629
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Third Part of the Ethics on the Origins and Nature of the Affects
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Baruch Spinoza
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The Hague, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (The Hague, Netherlands)
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1675
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This is the book of the generations/children of man, those that were born by my hands among the Hebrew women. I came to them, I the midwife, for they are vital [Exodus 1:15–19] and give birth to a son…
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Wife of Leyzer ben Moses Judah Roza
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Groningen, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Groningen, Netherlands)
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1794–1832
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Great hazards of the world are these rational brutes, the avaricious rich, as they are…
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Abraham Israel Pereyra
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1666
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Love:I see, Brother, that my being and perfection depend entirely on your perfection; and since the perfection of the object you have conceived…
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Baruch Spinoza
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1661