ABSTRACT:An examination of what has been claimed about the relationship between the seventeenth-century philosopher Bento (Benedictus) Spinoza and Menasseh ben Israel, a rabbi of the Amsterdam Portuguese-Jewish community. The article shows that, despite claims by scholars that Menasseh was Spinoza’s teacher and intellectual mentor, in fact there is no evidence for the former claim, and much evidence that the two men were, intellectually, diametrically opposed on certain important substantive questions.

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斯宾诺莎和梅纳西本以色列：事实与虚构

摘要：对 17 世纪哲学家 Bento (Benedictus) Spinoza 与阿姆斯特丹葡萄牙犹太人社区的拉比 Menasseh ben Israel 之间关系的说法进行了考察。文章表明，尽管学者们声称梅纳西是斯宾诺莎的老师和智力导师，但实际上并没有证据支持前者的说法，而且有很多证据表明两人在某些重要的实质性问题上在智力上截然相反。