Full Idea
It was not until the 1780s that it became acceptable to read the works of Spinoza, and even then it was not without a frisson of danger.
Gist of Idea
Only in the 1780s did it become acceptable to read Spinoza
Source
Beth Lord (Spinoza's Ethics [2010], Intro 'Who?')
Book Reference
Lord,Beth: 'Spinoza's Ethics' [Indiana 2010], p.10
A Reaction
Hence we hear of Wordsworth and Coleridge reading him with excitement. So did Kant read him?