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17th-century Dutch philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish descent, excommunicated from Amsterdam's Sephardic community in 1656, who ground lenses for a living and wrote the Ethics, published after his death.
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Y Combinator Startup Podcast· 6 Aug
In 1929 a New York rabbi challenged Albert Einstein by telegram to answer in 50 words whether he believed in God, and Einstein answered in 25 words that he believed in Spinoza's God, who reveals himself in the lawful harmony of the world.The Generalist· 17 Mar
Karol Hausman found Spinoza's idea that all of reality is God, with an underlying structure in which beauty and intelligence lie, thought-provoking.