Episode #033 ... Spinoza pt. 1 - From Baruch to Benedicto

Philosophize This!

Stephen West

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 17.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2014

⏱️ 30 minutes

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On this episode of the podcast, we learn about Baruch De Spinoza. We find out why it was not only life-threatening to have an unpopular opinion during the time Spinoza lived, but also potentially very profitable. We also question whether religion is really to blame for the violent acts that are committed on its behalf, and find out why Spinoza was exiled from his community and forced to live a life of solitude. Finally, we read excerpts from Spinoza’s correspondence with his ex-friend Albert Burgh regarding Christianity and find out whose arguments hold the most water (spoiler alert: Spinoza wins). All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This! Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:40.2	For us to truly understand who Baruch Despinosa was, we need to put ourselves in his shoes
0:45.3	a little bit.
0:46.9	One thing that's really easy to do when you're trying to learn stuff about history is to
0:50.2	just look at these people as though they're some guy that you just met, you know, some
0:54.8	guy that you met at the mall on Saturday.
0:57.4	So you feel like we learn things about people, we experience our personality and then we
1:02.6	judge them on it.
1:04.1	Look I was guilty of this for a long time myself.
1:06.6	Sometimes we don't fully consider the fact that these people really in some cases might
1:11.2	as well be from another planet than us.
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