BRILL’S STUDIES IN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY General Editor AJ. Vanperjacr, University of Groningen Editorial Board M. Couisu, Oberlin College JL Israe, University College, London J.D. Nort, University of Groningen H.A. Operman, University of Arizona, Tucson R.H. Popxiy, Washington University, St. Louis-UCLA VOLUME 103 REG) 26 IAS a U% St bray 1683"FROM STEVIN TO SPINOZA An Essay on Philosophy in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic BY WIEP VAN BUNGE 1683 BRILL LEIDEN : BOSTON - KOLN 2001This book is printed on acid-free paper. Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Bunge, Wiep van: From Stevin to Spinoza / by Wiep van Bunge. — Leiden ; Boston ; Kiln : Brill, 2001 (Brill’s studies in intellectual history ; Vol. 103} ISBN 90-(4-12217-6 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Library of Gongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is also available ISSN 0920-8607 ISBN 90 04122176 © Copyright 200 tby Koninklijke Bril 3 Leiden, The Netherlands Alll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in 4 retricoal system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior writen ‘permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Brill provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910 Danvers MA 01923, USA, Fes are subject to change. PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS