(1632–77), Dutch philosopher, of Portuguese-Jewish descent; also called Benedict de Spinoza. Spinoza espoused a pantheistic system, seeing ‘God or nature’ as a single infinite substance, with mind and matter being two incommensurable ways of conceiving the one reality.
Definition of Spinoza, Baruch de in US English:
Spinoza, Baruch de
proper nounspiˈnōzə
(1632–77), Dutch philosopher; full name Baruch or Benedict de Spinoza. Spinoza espoused a pantheistic system, seeing “God or nature” as a single infinite substance, with mind and matter being two incommensurable ways of conceiving the one reality.