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24. - Bouwmeester, Johannes (1634–1680)

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2025

By
Piet Steenbakkers
Edited by
Karolina Hübner  and
Justin Steinberg
Karolina Hübner
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
Justin Steinberg
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
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Summary

Johannes Bouwmeester was one of Spinoza’s closest friends and associates. Though he played a vital part in disseminating Spinoza’s philosophy, Bouwmeester’s preferred position was in the background.

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The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon , pp. 59 - 61
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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Gootjes, A. (2016). Sources inédites sur Spinoza: La correspondance entre Johannes Bouwmeester et Johannes Georgius Graevius. Archives de philosophie, 79, 817–19.Google Scholar
Gootjes, A. (2020). Spinoza between French Libertines and Dutch Cartesians: The 1673 Utrecht visit. Modern Intellectual History, 17, 591–617. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1479244318000471CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mertens, F. (2011). Johannes Koerbagh’s lost album amicorum seen through the eyes of Pieter de la Ruë. Lias, 38, 59–127.Google Scholar
Steenbakkers, P. (2022). Spinoza’s life. In Garrett, D. (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza, 2nd edn (pp. 12–60). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316156186.002Google Scholar
Steenbakkers, P., & Bordoli, R. (2003). Lodewijk Meijer’s tribute to Johannes Bouwmeester, 4 November, 1673. Studia Spinozana, 13 (dated 1997 but published 2003), 241–57.Google Scholar

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