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A Dutch rationalist philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish descent, Spinoza identified God with Nature, rejected dogma and free will, and argued in the Ethics and the Theologico-Political Treatise for tolerance, freedom of thought and democracy as the most rational regime.
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Baruch Spinoza leans further toward irreligious than 89% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Religion is where Baruch Spinoza stands furthest from the rest.
On Technology, Baruch Spinoza sits practically at the catalog median.
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Political tradition that places individual freedom at the center, defending rights, tolerance, the rule of law, a market economy, and limits on power, with government subject to the consent of citizens.
Current that unites individual freedom, markets, and democracy with the ecological agenda, defending sustainability, rights, and innovation to reconcile economic prosperity with effective environmental protection.
Current that advocates free markets, deregulation, privatization, and fiscal discipline, reducing the state's economic role and trusting competition and monetary stability as engines of prosperity.
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During the Russian Revolution, Makhno's Free Territory was an anarchist experiment in Ukraine, with self-managed peasant communes and popular militias that rejected both the White state and Bolshevik power.
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