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Amsterdam

52.368, 4.904 · 1677 CE → 1758 CE

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  1. 1677Publication

    The posthumous Ethics explains necessity and human freedom within one nature.

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    • Spinoza's Psychological Theory

      Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

      Locator: Bibliography, Ethics 1677; posthumous Amsterdam edition

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  2. 1758Translation

    Jean-Bernard Mérian's French translation is published in Amsterdam.

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    • Essais philosophiques sur l'entendement humain

      David Hume; translated by Jean-Bernard Mérian · 1758 · Amsterdam: J. H. Schneider, 1758

      Locator: Title page and Amsterdam imprint

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    • Essais philosophiques sur l'entendement humain — catalog record cb33991959k

      Bibliothèque nationale de France · 1758 · Amsterdam: J. H. Schneider, 1758; Jean-Bernard Mérian translator attribution

      Locator: Mérian translator attribution and Amsterdam publication record

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