Baruch Spinoza: The God-Intoxicated Philosopher and His Radical Vision of Nature, Freedom, and the Unity of All Things, Including the Ethics and the Path to Human Blessedness

Cursed by his community. Revered by history.

On July 27, 1656, a twenty-three-year-old lens-grinder was expelled from his home with the most devastating curse his community could pronounce. His crime? Ideas that were centuries ahead of their time.

Baruch Spinoza was forced to remake himself in total isolation. Living in modest rented rooms, he ground optical lenses by day and quietly wrote philosophy by night. The result was a radical vision of the universe that would shatter the foundations ...