This article examines the immediate Dutch reception of the Tractatus theologico-politicus. Using newfound archival sources it demonstrates that the anti-Spinoza activity of the Cartesians in Utrecht extends far beyond the well-known writings of Lambertus van Velthuysen and Regnerus van Mansveld. Their Cartesian network not only produced the very first public refutation to appear, but also formed a center for coordinating much of the Dutch response to Spinoza. This engagement, it is argued in closing, must be accounted for in Spinoza reception history, and forms the background to the mysterious visit Spinoza paid to Utrecht in the summer of 1673.
The early Enlightenment in the Dutch Republic, 1650-1750: selected papers of a conference held at the Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, 22-23 March 2001 / ed. by Wiep van Bunge. - Leiden : Brill, 2003. - P. 19-39
Die Schulaussprache des Griechischen von der Renaissance bis zur Gegenwart / E. Drerup. - Paderborn : Schöning, 1930. - Bd. 1, p. 409-432. - (Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des Altertums. Erg.-Bd. ; VI)
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Evers II
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1930
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Delle biblioteche a della società scientifico-letterarie della Neerlandia: Utrecht. 9. Bibl. Grevia
