"Franciscus van den Enden (c. 5 February 1602 in Antwerp - 27 November 1674 in Paris) was a former Jesuit, Neo-Latin poet, physician, art dealer, philosopher, ...
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and plotter against Louis XIV of France, who is mainly known as the teacher of Baruch de Spinoza (1632-1677). His name is also written as ´Van den Ende´, ´Van den Eijnde´, ´Van den Eijnden´, ´Van den Eynde´ etc. At the end of his life he was also known as ´Affinius´ (Latinized form of ´Van den Enden´)." - (en.wikipedia.org 02.12.2020)