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Willem van BlijenberghAlso Guillaume de Blyenbergh and many surname variants (1632–1696) was a Dutch grain broker and amateur Calvinist theologian. He was born and lived in Dordrecht. He engaged in philosophical correspondence with Baruch Spinoza regarding the problem of evil. Their correspondence consisted of four letters each, written between December 1664 to June 1665. Blijenbergh visited Spinoza at his home in June, after which their correspondence ended.
The Letters - Dedicated to Spinoza's Insights
__NOTOC__ 1632 births 1696 deaths Dutch merchants People from Dordrecht Dutch Calvinist and Reformed theologians 17th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians {{Theologian-stub
Willem van BlijenberghAlso Guillaume de Blyenbergh and many surname variants (1632–1696) was a Dutch grain broker and amateur Calvinist theologian. He was born and lived in Dordrecht. He engaged in philosophical correspondence with Baruch Spinoza regarding the problem of evil. Their correspondence consisted of four letters each, written between December 1664 to June 1665. Blijenbergh visited Spinoza at his home in June, after which their correspondence ended.
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*Margaret Gullan-Whur (1998), ''Within Reason: A Life of Spinoza'' *Article in ''Dictionary of Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Dutch Philosophers'' Vol. I (2003)Further reading
* Deleuze, Gilles, ''Spinoza - Philosophie pratique'' (1970, 2nd ed. 1981). Trans. ''Spinoza: Practical Philosophy'' (1988). * Spinoza, Benedictus de, "The Letters", Steven Barbone (Introduction), Lee Rice (Introduction), Jacob Adler (Introduction), Samuel Shirley (Translator), Hackett Publishing Company (1995)External links
*The Letters - Dedicated to Spinoza's Insights
__NOTOC__ 1632 births 1696 deaths Dutch merchants People from Dordrecht Dutch Calvinist and Reformed theologians 17th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians {{Theologian-stub