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Uriel da Costa
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- Works
- 0
Top works
- Tradizione e illuminismo in Uriel da Costa
via Open Library + Wikidata
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
via Wikipedia infobox
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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