Wilhelmus Nicolaas Antonius (Wim) Klever (1930) is an important Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 expert on the philosophy of 17th century Jewish Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza

Baruch de Spinoza and later Benedict de Spinoza was a Dutch Jewish philosopher. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of Spinoza's work was not fully realized until years after his death...

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Klever studied philosophy at the Catholic University of Nijmegen and at the Utrecht University

Utrecht University

Utrecht University is a university in Utrecht, Netherlands. It is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands and one of the largest in Europe. Established March 26, 1636, it had an enrollment of 29,082 students in 2008, and employed 8,614 faculty and staff, 570 of which are full professors....

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He is a former lecturer at the Erasmus University

Erasmus University

Erasmus University Rotterdam is a university in the Netherlands, located in Rotterdam. The university is named after Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, a 15th century humanist and theologian...

 in Rotterdam

Rotterdam

Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

. He has done much research the last thirty years on the work of Spinoza and the way his work has spread. He also studied the lives and biographies of the people in the circle around Spinoza. This has resulted in numerous publications and books.

Works

Ethicom, ofwel Spinoza's Ethica vertolkt in tekst en commentaar, Eburon Delft, 1996 Mannen rondom Spinoza, Uitgeverij Verloren, Hilversum, 1997, ISBN 90-6550-563-6