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Amsterdam’s Portuguese Jews banned philosopher Baruch Spinoza. 360 years later, could the ban be lifted?
AMSTERDAM (JTA) – More than 350 years after this city’s Portuguese Jewish community excommunicated Baruch Spinoza and banned his writings for eternity, the philosopher’s books are for sale ...
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A Jewish expert on Spinoza was named ‘persona non grata’ in Amsterdam’s synagogue and library
“You have devoted your life to the study of Spinoza’s banned works and the development of his ideas,” Serfaty wrote to Yitzhak Melamed. (JTA) — More than 350 years after Baruch Spinoza was ...
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The Philosophical Case for a Four-Day Workweek
Blending philosophy with popular culture, with references to Fight Club, Breaking Bad, and more, The Double Shift is an ...
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The Essential Role of Creative Fictions in Human Life
Hart critiques the mechanistic and materialist view of nature that has dominated Western thought for centuries, systematically subjecting it to what he calls “dialectical interrogation.” He challenges ...
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Spinoza's Challenge to Jewish Thought: Writings on His Life, Philosophy, and Legacy
Key works about Spinoza’s critical role in the formation of modern Jewish identity Arguably, no historical thinker has had as varied and fractious a reception within modern Judaism as Baruch (Benedict ...