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Spinoza theorized God=Nature=Universe He was called an Atheist. Just for re-framing God in a way others didn't dig. So anybody can take a concept of 'God', sa
by FrustratedMonky 3y ago
Spinoza theorized God=Nature=Universe
He was called an Atheist. Just for re-framing God in a way others didn't dig.
So anybody can take a concept of 'God', say your concept isn't the real 'God', and you are an atheist.
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- skissane 3y agoWikipedia's article on Spinoza quotes Clare Clarisle's book Spinoza's Religion (Princeton University Press, 2021) as saying "When seventeenth-century readers accused Spinoza of atheism, they usually meant that he challenged doctrinal orthodoxy, particularly on moral issues, and not that he denied God’s existence." Which is the thing, language changes. The word "atheist" doesn't mean the same thing it meant 350 years ago. (Even today, it doesn't have a single meaning, but that's a whole other topic.)