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| | Benedict De Spinoza [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] |
 | | Benedict de Spinoza was among the most important of the post-Cartesian philosophers who flourished in the second half of the 17th century. |
 | | He made significant contributions in virtually every area of philosophy, and his writings reveal the influence of such divergent sources as Stoicism, Jewish Rationalism, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Descartes, and a variety of heterodox religious thinkers of his day. |
 | | As a condition of publication, Spinoza had his friend, Lodewijk Meyer, write a preface to the work, warning the reader that his aim was exposition only and that he did not endorse all of Descartes's conclusions. |
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