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Dutch humanist seeing grand times before us (7)

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I believe the answer is:

erasmus

'dutch humanist' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'grand times before us' is the wordplay.
'grand' becomes 'M' (synonyms).
'times' becomes 'eras' (era is a kind of time).
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'm' after 'eras' is 'erasm'.
'erasm'+'us'='ERASMUS'

'seeing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for erasmus that I've seen before include "Fifteenth to sixteenth century Dutch humanist, use arms (anag.)" , "Dutch philosopher" , "Was this Dutch Renaissance man a strange masseur?" , "Learned person" , "Problems are mounting for famous Dutchman" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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