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Uriel da Costa
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Uriel da Costa, born Gabriel da Costa Fiuza in Porto in 1585, was a male philosopher active during the 16th and 17th centuries. He held citizenship in the Dutch Republic and the Kingdom of Portugal. Da Costa spoke Latin and Portuguese and worked within the field of philosophy, specifically associated with the movement of Western philosophy.
He died in Amsterdam in 1640. His manner of death was suicide, resulting from a gunshot wound. Da Costa is described in sources including the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
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Top works
- Tradizione e illuminismo in Uriel da Costa
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship
· 2016 · cited 14,631x
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Key facts
- Born
- Gabriel Fiuza da Costa , 1585, Porto , Kingdom of Portugal
- Died
- 1640 C., Amsterdam , Dutch Republic
- Education
- Universidade de Coimbra , Faculty of Law , ( BA , June 1608)
- Era
- 17th century Philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- Institutions
- University of Coimbra
- Main interests
- Biblical Criticism , Criticism of Judaism , Philosophy of Religion , ethics , morality
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Uriel
- Family name
- Costa
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Place of birth
- Porto
- Place of death
- Amsterdam
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Movement
- Western philosophy
- Image
- Dacosta und Spinoza.jpg
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- Commons category
- Uriel Acosta
- date of birth
- 1585-01-01
- date of death
- 1640-04-00
- manner of death
- Suicide
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- time period
- 17th century
- birth name
- Gabriel da Costa Fiuza
- pseudonym
- Uriel da Costa
- name in native language
- Gabriel da Costa Fiuza
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Encyclopedic overview
Uriel da Costa ( Portuguese: [uɾiˈɛl dɐ ˈkɔʃtɐ]; also Acosta or d'Acosta; c. 1585 – April 1640) was a Portuguese Sephardi philosopher who was born a New Christian but returned to Judaism, whereupon he questioned the Catholic and rabbinic orthodoxies of his time. This led him into conflict with both Christian and Jewish institutions: his books were placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum and several Jewish authorities excommunicated him. His iconoclastic life culminated in suicide in c. 1640.
Life
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