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[[Baruch Spinoza|Benedictus de Spinoza]] (November 24, 1632 – February 21, 1677) was a Jewish-Dutch philosopher.  
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[[Baruch Spinoza|Benedictus de Spinoza]] (November 24, 1632 – February 21, 1677) was a [[Jewish]]-Dutch [[philosopher]].  
  
 
He is considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century [[philosophy]] and, by virtue of his magnum opus the [[Ethics]], one of the definitive [[ethic]]ists.
 
He is considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century [[philosophy]] and, by virtue of his magnum opus the [[Ethics]], one of the definitive [[ethic]]ists.
  
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While at [[school]] he developed a lifelong [[passion]] for philosophy and in [[particular]] the [[work]] of Baruch Spinoza (1632-77), which was overridingly concerned with the [[idea]] of God's [[existence]]. Spinoza was Jewish but was excommunicated as a heretic as a result of his work, and Christians also denounced him as an [[atheist]]. At school [[Lacan]] hung a diagram of the 'atheist' Spinoza's posthumously published Ethics on his bedroom wall - a clearly subversive act in light of his middleclass [[Catholic]] upbringing and a move often [[interpreted]] as an early indication of his attitude towards institutions and [[authority]].
  
 
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch_Spinoza
 
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch_Spinoza

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Benedictus de Spinoza (November 24, 1632 – February 21, 1677) was a Jewish-Dutch philosopher.

He is considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy and, by virtue of his magnum opus the Ethics, one of the definitive ethicists.

While at school he developed a lifelong passion for philosophy and in particular the work of Baruch Spinoza (1632-77), which was overridingly concerned with the idea of God's existence. Spinoza was Jewish but was excommunicated as a heretic as a result of his work, and Christians also denounced him as an atheist. At school Lacan hung a diagram of the 'atheist' Spinoza's posthumously published Ethics on his bedroom wall - a clearly subversive act in light of his middleclass Catholic upbringing and a move often interpreted as an early indication of his attitude towards institutions and authority.