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How Spinoza Overcame 17th-Century Cancel Culture
The great thinker never let his emotions get the better of him. Instead, he used reason to get the better of his detractors.
Albert Einstein, the famous scientist and author of the relativity theory, whose theories were recently attacked by Cardinal O’Connell as leading toward atheism, declared his faith in God in reply to ...
The beguiling Dutch philosopher’s life and work is prone to misunderstandings and misreadings. A recent biography goes so far as to recruit him into the culture war. A portrait of Benedict (Baruch) ...
When many scientists, including Albert Einstein, say that they believe in Spinoza’s God, they are referring to a conception of God that is very different from the traditional theistic view found in ...
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‘I Am a Part of Infinity’ and ‘Free Creations of the Human Mind’: Einstein’s Sense of Awe
When asked his view of religion, Albert Einstein often invoked a 17th-century Dutch philosopher. “I believe in Spinoza’s God,” Einstein told a New York rabbi in 1929. What exactly he meant by that has ...
The dichotomy, commonly assumed in modern thought, between religio externa (or externus cultus) and religio interna (or internus cultus) implies that only God can know what happens in men’s hearts and ...
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