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Eric Walten

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against the various accusations against him invited a legal prosecution on blasphemy charges against himself. Most damagingly, he had called the
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a lunatic asylum ('Een Sothuys van de gekken') for its attack against Bekker. Walten died in prison, probably by suicide, while awaiting trial.
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Gelderen, Martin van (2007). "In Defense of William III: Eric Walten and the Glorious Revolution". In Esther Mijers and David Onnekink (Eds.),
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Disguised and Overt Spinozism Around 1700: Papers Presented at the International Colloquium, Held at Rotterdam, 5–8 October 1994
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Bunge, Wiep van (1996). "Eric Walten (1663-1697): An Early Enlightenment Radical in the Dutch Republic". In Wiep van Bunge and
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as the greatest writer on the powers and responsibilities of kings. He was one of the most ardent defenders of the
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in his philosophical thought, Walten denied the latter as his primary political influence and professed to admire
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Fallen Angels Balthasar Bekker, Spirit Belief, and Confessionalism in the Seventeenth Century Dutch Republic
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Little information survives of Walten's life. He told the court that he was born in
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Redefining William III: The Impact of the King-Stadholder in International Context
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Spinoza Past and Present: Essays on Spinoza, Spinozism, and Spinoza Scholarship
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Walten's fate as a controversialist was sealed when his vigorous defense of
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and of secretly following the philosophical thinking of
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Index

Enlightenment
blasphemy
Benedict Spinoza
Ham
Munsterland
Wiep van Bunge
English
Utrecht
The Hague
Rotterdam
Enlightenment
Descartes
Spinoza
Juan de Mariana
Glorious Revolution
William of Orange
Balthasar Bekker
Reformed Synod
Margaret Jacob
Wiep van Bunge
Silvia Berti
Adrian Koerbagh
Lodewijk Meyer



Wim Klever
ISBN
978-90-04-10307-8
ISBN

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