# Baruch Spinoza — Essays character guide

> Baruch Spinoza in Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-self-reliance

## Who they are

Dutch philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin, a key rationalist.

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