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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 206. Chapters: Baruch Spinoza, Anne Frank, Ted Noten, Rembrandt, Kiliaen van Rensselaer (merchant), Ruud Gullit, Rob du Bois, Tom Okker, Martinus Sieveking, Frank Rijkaard, Louis van Gaal, Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, Emanuel Tov, Theo van Gogh (film director), Max Euwe, Hendrik Verwoerd, Isaac Titsingh, Agneta Matthes, Nigel de Jong, Barthold Fles, Paul Verhoeven, Ed van der Elsken, Eddie Woods, Patrick Kluivert, Herman Brood, Caro Emerald, Frits Bolkestein, Joop den Uyl, Hans Wiegel, Jan van de Cappelle, Diego Biseswar, Jordi Cruyff, Cornelis de Graeff, Wim Kok, Abraham Pais, Constant Nieuwenhuys, Willem Drees, Samuel Iperusz. Wiselius, Harry Sacksioni, Louis Van Amstel, D. H. Th. Vollenhoven, Bernard Haitink, Max Geldray, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Andries de Graeff, Frieda Belinfante, Annie M. G. Schmidt, Jan Jacobszoon Hinlopen, Isaac Israels, Isaac Jacob Schmidt, Paul J. Crutzen, Johan van der Keuken, Mario Melchiot, Jan Swammerdam, Thomas Hope (1769-1831), Rudolf George Escher, Harry Mulisch, Mark Ritsema, David Wijnkoop, Bloeme Evers-Emden, The Scumfrog, Kees Christiaanse, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Matthias Kadar, Yuri Landman, Mohammed Bouyeri, Maceo Rigters, Nicolaes Witsen, Corrie ten Boom, Maarten Maartens, George Hendrik Breitner, Paul Mulders, Fred Eisenberger. Excerpt: Baruch Spinoza and later Benedict de Spinoza (24 November 1632 - 21 February 1677) was a Jewish-Dutch philosopher. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of Spinoza's work was not fully realized until years after his death. By laying the groundwork for the 18th century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, he came to be considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy. His magnum opus, the posthumous Ethics, in which he opposed Descartes's mind-body...
