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Baruch Spinoza

1632 to 1677 7 documented presences 5 places

Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Baruch Spinoza across 5 places, from 1656 to 1677. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Baruch (de) Spinoza (24 November 1632 to 21 February 1677), also known under his Latinized pen name Benedictus de Spinoza, was a philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin, who was born and lived in the Dutch Republic.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Baruch Spinoza was documented, and when

1656 to 1661period
Amsterdamattested “From 1656 to 1661, Spinoza found lodgings elsewhere in Amsterdam and Leiden, supporting himself with teaching while learning lens grinding and constructing microscopes and telescopes.” source: Wikipedia: Baruch Spinoza
1658year
Leidenattested “After learning Latin with Van den Enden, Spinoza studied at Leiden University around 1658, where he audited classes in Cartesian philosophy.” source: Wikipedia: Baruch Spinoza
1660 to 1661period
Amsterdamattested “Between 1660 and 1661, Spinoza moved from Amsterdam to Rijnsburg, allowing for a quiet retreat in the country and access to the university town, Leiden, where he still had many friends.” source: Wikipedia: Baruch Spinoza
1660 to 1661period
Rijnsburgattested “Between 1660 and 1661, Spinoza moved from Amsterdam to Rijnsburg, allowing for a quiet retreat in the country and access to the university town, Leiden, where he still had many friends.” source: Wikipedia: Baruch Spinoza
1663year
Voorburgattested “In 1663, Spinoza moved to Voorburg for an unknown reason.” source: Wikipedia: Baruch Spinoza
1670year
The Hagueattested “In 1670, Spinoza moved to The Hague to have easier access to the city's intellectual life and to be closer to his friends and followers.” source: Wikipedia: Baruch Spinoza
21 February 1677exact date
The Hagueattested “Spinoza's health began to fail in 1676, and he died in The Hague on 21 February 1677 at age 44, attended by a physician friend, Georg Herman Schuller.” source: Wikipedia: Baruch Spinoza

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Places Baruch Spinoza is documented in

Amsterdam2 presences · 1656 to 1660The Hague2 presences · 1670 to 1677Leiden1 presence · 1658
Rijnsburg1 presence · 1660
Voorburg1 presence · 1663

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1676year
The Haguementioned “In 1676, Leibniz traveled to The Hague to meet Spinoza, remaining with him for three days to converse about current events and philosophy.” source: Wikipedia: Baruch Spinoza

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