Wilhelmus Nicolaas Antonius (Wim) Klever (born 1930,

Snelrewaard Snelrewaard is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Oudewater, and lies about 2 km east of the city of Oudewater. A small part of the hamlet is in Montfoort. Snelrewaard was a separate municipality fr ...

) is a Dutch scholar interested in the philosophy of 17th century Jewish Dutch philosopher

Baruch Spinoza Baruch (de) Spinoza (born Bento de Espinosa; later as an author and a correspondent ''Benedictus de Spinoza'', anglicized to ''Benedict de Spinoza''; 24 November 1632 – 21 February 1677) was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin, b ...

. Klever studied philosophy at the

Catholic University of Nijmegen Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, nl, Radboud Universiteit , formerly ''Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen'') is a public research university located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The university bears the name of Saint Radboud, a 9th century ...

and at the

Utrecht University Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ...

. He is a former lecturer at the

Erasmus University Erasmus University Rotterdam (abbreviated as ''EUR'', nl, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam ) is a public research university located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The university is named after Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, a 15th-century humanist ...

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. He also studied the lives and biographies of the people in the circle around Spinoza. This has resulted in numerous publications and books.

Works

* ''Ethicom, ofwel Spinoza's Ethica vertolkt in tekst en commentaar'', Eburon Delft, 1996 * ''Mannen rondom Spinoza'', Uitgeverij Verloren, Hilversum, 1997,

References

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