When I do armchair philosophy, I like to refer to my partners in conversation by the Hispanicized versions of their first names (e.g. Kant – Manolo; Hegel – Jorge; Nietzche – Frederico; Wittgenstein – Rodrigo) but recently, I found a new conversant: SPINOZA. What name do I give him? [3340C]
Very cute. I hope that in your conversations with your pet dog he doesn’t command you to kill people. Spinoza apparently changed his name from the Hebrew Baruch to the Latin form, Benedictus. Both mean “blessed.” Sometimes you see his name in the English form, Benedict. The Spanish form is Benedicto.