Philosopher
Uriel da Costa
Overview
Uriel da Costa (Portuguese: [uɾiˈɛl dɐ ˈkɔʃtɐ]; also Acosta or d'Acosta; c. 1585 – April 1640) was a Portuguese Sephardi philosopher who was born a New Christian but returned to Judaism, whereupon he questioned the Catholic and rabbinic orthodoxies of his time. This led him into conflict with both Christian and Jewish institutions: his books were placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum and several Jewish authorities excommunicated him. His iconoclastic life culminated in suicide in c. 1640.
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Philosophers who discussed Uriel da Costa
Ideas Uriel da Costa discusses
- Revolutions of 1848
- Rabbinic Judaism
- Germany
- Philosophy
- Western philosophy
- Iberian Peninsula
- Sephardic Jews
- Index Librorum Prohibitorum
- Judaism
- Bachelor of Arts
- Immortality
- Latin
- Liberalism
- Russian Empire
- Natural law
- Poland
- Philosophy of religion
- Religion
- Soul
- Spirituality
- Johann Gottfried Herder
- Torah
- Hebrew Bible
- Age of Enlightenment
Place in the tradition
Part of Jewish philosophy.