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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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These pages are from a manuscript, De dificuldade de ourinar (On Difficulty in Urinating), by a Jewish physician and surgeon in Amsterdam, Samuel de Leon Benavente (1643–1722). He was known for his…
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Samuel Benavente
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1699
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This dictionary of maritime terms, a hand-written manuscript, includes definitions in Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and French.
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1780
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The Gentiles abuse us and say that we are a foolish nation, not a wise one. They consequently slander the words of our sages, and say that whoever studies them becomes divorced from the norms of…
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Baruch ben Jacob (Baruch of Shklov) Schick
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1780
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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
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This is the title page of Disputatio medica inauguralis, de pleuritide (Inaugural Medical Discourse: On Pleuritide), David Pina’s doctoral dissertation at the University of Leiden. Pina was a…
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David Pina
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1678
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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)
Date:
1685