This author of On the Rainbow and On the Calculation of Chances withdrew to the village of Rijnsburg
This author of On the Rainbow and On the Calculation of Chances withdrew to the village of Rijnsburg shortly after his excommunication in order to organize his philosophy, the result being his Short Treatise on God, Man, and His Well-Being. He advocated use of the historical method for biblical interpretations in Tractatus Theologico-Politicus, and published a version of Descartes' Principia Philosophiae, written in the same geometrical style which would be utilized in his most famous work. FTP, name this 17th century rationalist philosopher, best known for his Ethics.
This author of On the Rainbow and On the Calculation of Chances withdrew to the village of Rijnsburg shortly after his excommunication in order to organize his philosophy, the result being his Short Treatise on God, Man, and His Well-Being.
(Benedict) Baruch de Spinoza