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Benedictus de Spinoza (1632 – 1677) is the most famous philosopher of the Netherlands. He belongs to the small group of classical philosophers who are considered to be influential in the history of Western thought. The Spinoza House Society aims to manage the museum in Rijnsburg dedicated to his life and work and the reading room Domus in The Hague and to promote interest in and the study of his work.
Spinoza’s Houses
The Spinoza House Society is the proprietor of the Spinoza House Museum in Rijnsburg, a museum dedicated to Spinoza which, amongst other things, houses his library, the ‘Spinoza Boekerij’. The Spinoza House Society also manages the reading room in Domus Spinoza, The Hague, Spinoza’s last home and the place where he died.
Membership
The Vereniging Het Spinozahuis manages and maintains the more than three centuries old cultural monument Museum Het Spinozahuis (Rijnsburg) as well as the study room in Domus Spinoza, The Hague. A membership of the Spinozahuis Society enables us to continue doing this.
Spinoza Chair
As of September 1st, 2022, Andrea Sangiacomo has been appointed to the Spinoza Chair at Erasmus School of Philosophy as an endowed professor. The Spinoza chair, dedicated to ‘Spinoza’s relevance today’, is financed by the Spinoza House Society, the Erasmus Foundation, the G. Ph. Verhagen Foundation, the Elise Mathilde Foundation, the Van Cappellen Foundation and the Erasmus Trust Fund.