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rHimmelmann, BeatrixJacobsen, Kim AndréionedTZbleTZctWhat do two of the most widely recognized modern philosophers, Friedrich Nietzsche and Benedictus de Spinoza, have in common?

One would believe that they were quite different, as Nietzsche famously wrote “God is dead”, while Spinoza claimed that God is everything.

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There are actually several similarities in the philosophies of the two thinkers. Nietzsche claims that Spinoza shared his own appreciation of insight. Insight is an important part of both philosophers’ ethical theories, as both aim at instructing people to understand the world in a complex way.

Such a complex understanding of the world is a good in itself according to both of them, and is therefore conducive to a better way of life. Nietzsche and Spinoza both arrive at this conclusion after investigating the nature of knowledge as part of their respective metaphysical philosophies. Despite t