Publication of Spinoza's Ethics

Name: Publication of Spinoza's Ethics
Start: 1677

Type Event Region Europe Time 1677

In 1677, the posthumous Ethics of Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza was published in Latin in Amsterdam.

Timeline

1677Amsterdam · NetherlandsAfter Spinoza's death on February 21, 1677, friends edited his Latin manuscript Ethics and published it anonymously in Amsterdam under the title Ethica ordine geometrico demonstrata.
1677–1680Western Europe · Western EuropeAfter publication, Ethics quickly spread to France, Germany, and elsewhere; its pantheism and determinism drew condemnation from churches and conservative scholars, while also providing a key conceptual framework for later rationalism and Enlightenment philosophy.

Ethica ordine geometrico demonstrata — Benedictus de Spinoza (1677)
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Baruch Spinoza https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spinoza/