In one work, he posited that Ezra rather than Moses wrote the Pentateuch.
This philosopher divided knowledge into received opinion, scientific reason, and a grasp of the system of the cosmos via intuition. He described passions stemming from one's own nature as "active" and those from external causes as "passive." In one work, he posited that Ezra rather than Moses wrote the Pentateuch. This author of On the Improvement of the Understanding divided the characteristics of reality into substance, attribute, and mode in a book written in "geometric order," which declared that God and Nature are one, a statement of his pantheism. For 10 points, name this 17th century Dutch Jewish philosopher who wrote Tractacus Theologico-Politicus and Ethics.
This philosopher divided knowledge into received opinion, scientific reason, and a grasp of the system of the cosmos via intuition.
Baruch Spinoza [or Benedict de Spinoza]