Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, rabbi, mystic, philosopher, ethicist (and diamond cutter by trade), leaves Italy for Amsterdam, where he writes his ethical/mystical masterpieces, The RaMHal.
Will also write–
| Mesillat Yesharim | The Path of the Just (his most well–known work) |
| Derech Hashem | The Way of God |
| Da’at Tevunoth | The Knowledge of Understanding |
| Derech Tevunoth | The Ways of Reason |