Spinozism

Spinozaism is the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza. Spinozaism combines a commitment to a number of Cartesian metaphysical and epistemological principles with elements from  ancient Stoicism,  Hobbes, and medieval Jewish rationalism into a nonetheless highly original system. The naturalistic views on God, the world, the human being and knowledge serve to ground a moral philosophy centered on the control of the passions leading to virtue and happiness. They also lay the foundations for a strongly democratic political thought and a deep critique of the pretensions of Scripture and sectarian religion.