Spinoza offers lessons 350 years after excommunication [audio 6min]
Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza was only 23 years old when he was excommunicated from the Spanish-Portugese Jewish community of Amsterdam. That was 350 years ago, but author Rebecca Newberger Goldstein says that his thoughts are still important today. Report by Debbie Elliott.
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