Place
The Hague
Seat of the Dutch government and home to the exiled Bohemian court. Elisabeth of Bohemia lived here. Spinoza spent his final years grinding lenses and writing in a rented room nearby.
Thinkers Connected to The Hague
Spinoza
God and Nature are the same thing. He was excommunicated for saying it, ground lenses to earn a living, and published his masterwork after he died.
Elisabeth of Bohemia
She asked Descartes the question he could never answer: if mind and body are separate substances, how does one move the other?