Willem van BlijenberghAlso Guillaume de Blyenbergh and many surname variants (1632–1696) was a Dutch grain broker and amateur

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theologian. He was born and lived in

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. He engaged in philosophical correspondence with Baruch Spinoza regarding the

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. 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)

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The Letters - Dedicated to Spinoza's Insights
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