Uriel Acosta

From Philosopedia

Acosta, Uriel (1591—1647) Son of a Christianized Jew and brought up a Christian, Acosta rejected that faith and in Holland published Examen Traditorum Philosophicarum ad legem Scriptam, a work that equally criticizes Moses and Jesus.

Excommunicated by the synagogue and imprisoned by the Amsterdam authorities, he suffered many indignities from Jews as well as Christians. In 1647, Acosta the deist committed suicide. His pathetic experience of orthodox charity is recorded in his autobiography, Exemplar Humanae Vitae.

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