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I recalled reading somewhere that Einstein's idea of "God" has its origin to Spinoza's. Can someone familiar with the topic please point me to a related book?
by markus_zhang 5y ago
I recalled reading somewhere that Einstein's idea of "God" has its origin to Spinoza's. Can someone familiar with the topic please point me to a related book?
- amir 5y ago"Elements of Pantheism" perhaps? https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1920368.Elements_of_Pantheism https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1920368.Elements_of_P...
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- randcraw 5y agoYes, or perhaps the merger of pantheism and deism (pandeism), a century after Spinoza. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandeism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandeism
- markus_zhang 5y agoThanks!
- mrandish 5y agoSorry I don't have a link but Einstein said in a personal letter to someone something to the effect that 'his god is the god of Spinoza'. Basically, his biographers believe Einstein didn't believe in a.ny kind of literal god as proposed by the major religions
- markus_zhang 5y agoThanks I got it with more Googling.