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Spinoza, Atheist

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Spirituality and Religion

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Spinoza, Atheist

By Steven NadlerNarrated by Robert G. Slade

Spinoza, Atheist

Length8h 40m

About this audiobook

This audiobook narrated by Robert Slade shares a fascinating historical and philosophical account that unravels the mystery of whether Spinoza was an atheist In 1656, a young Amsterdam merchant was excommunicated by his Portuguese-Jewish community in the harshest terms it had ever used. Baruch Spinoza was accused of unspecified "horrifying heresies," but the precise reasons for his expulsion remain a mystery. When he published his Theological-Political Treatise in 1670, which was condemned as "the most atheistic book ever written," he began to reveal to the world what his heresies may have been. Yet ever since the eighteenth century, most readers and scholars have assumed that Spinoza was a pantheist—even a "God-intoxicated man," as the poet Novalis put it. After all, how could a person whose books are suffused with talk of God be an atheist? In Spinoza, Atheist, Steven Nadler, one of the world's leading authorities on the philosopher, aims to settle the question and show that that's exactly what he was. Nadler makes a powerful case that there is no real divinity for Spinoza. God is Nature, and isn't an object of worshipful awe or religious reverence but can only be understood through philosophy and science. There is nothing supernatural—no mystery, ineffability, or sublimity. Spinoza does speak of "blessedness" and "salvation," but these, too, are to be understood in natural and rational terms, as the peace of mind and happiness that come from understanding ourselves and the world. Whether Spinoza believed in God is a fascinating and enduring controversy. Spinoza, Atheist promises to transform our understanding of his views and to make clear just how radical a thinker he was and remains.

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Audiobook details

GenrePhilosophy, Spirituality and Religion

Length8 hrs 40 mins

Narrated byRobert G. Slade

FormatAudiobook

Publish dateApr 7, 2026

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Opening Credit

8Chapter 4 Continued - The Most Godless Book

2Preface

9Chapter 5 - God or Nature

3Prologue - The Greatest Atheist There Ever Was

10Chapter 5 Continued - God or Nature

4Chapter 1 - Trouble in Voorburg

11Chapter 6 - Spinoza's Atheism

5Chapter 2 - Gods and Ghosts

12Chapter 7 - Blessedness and Salvation Without God

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6Chapter 3 - Spinoza the Pantheist

13Epilogue - The Virtuous Atheist

7Chapter 4 - The Most Godless Book

14End Credit

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