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Baruch Spinoza, the 17th-century Dutch philosopher, profoundly influenced Antonio Negri's thinking. Negri draws upon Spinoza's concepts of power, multitude, and autonomy to develop his own theories of social and political change. Spinoza's idea of the multitude as a collective power that can resist and transform oppressive structures resonates with Negri's emphasis on collective action and the potential for social transformation through mass movements.