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Ultimately there are many ways to view Uriel da Costa.

He has been seen as a crusader of free thought and an early precursor of modern biblical criticism.

Internally to Judaism, he was seen by many as both a troublemaking heretic and martyr against the intolerance of the Orthodox Jewish establishment.

He has also been seen as a precursor to Baruch Spinoza.