Alvin_255
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When Einstein taught at many universities in the United States, the recurring question that students asked him was always the same:
"Do you believe in God?"
Einstein always gave the same answer:
"I believe in Spinoza's God."
For those who know nothing about it, it may not mean anything, his thoughts and his vision always remain the same...
Baruch Spinoza was an important philosopher who lived during the 17th century, therefore
In full rationalism: his philosophy is therefore based a lot on logic, so much so that he identifies God as the geometric order of the world , which manifests itself in the perfection of Nature.
His thought can therefore be condensed in one of his most famous expressions, Deus sive natura: God or Nature .
There are those who claim that Spinoza's God could pronounce these words:
"Stop praying and beating your chest.
Have fun, love, sing and enjoy everything this world can give you.
I don't want you to visit the cold and dark temples that you say are my home!
My home is not in a temple, but in the mountains, in the forests, in the rivers, in the lakes and on the beaches. That's where my home is and that's where I express my love.
Don't be fooled by the written texts that talk about me: if you want to get closer to me, look at a beautiful landscape, try to feel the wind and the heat on your skin.
Don't ask me anything, I don't have the power to change your life, you do.
Don't be afraid, I don't judge and I don't criticize, I don't dispense punishments.
Don't believe those who simplify me into simple rules to follow: those only serve to make you feel inadequate and guilty for what you do, they serve to keep you under control.
Don't always think about the world after death and don't believe that that's where you will know true beauty: this world has so much to offer you. beauty, and it is up to you to discover it.
Don't think that I am giving you rules: you are the only master of life, and you decide what to do with it.
No one can say what comes after death, but facing each day as if it were the last chance to love, to enjoy and to do anything, will help you live better.
I don't want you to believe in me because someone strongly claims that I exist, but I want you to always feel me in you and around you."
"Do you believe in God?"
Einstein always gave the same answer:
"I believe in Spinoza's God."
For those who know nothing about it, it may not mean anything, his thoughts and his vision always remain the same...
Baruch Spinoza was an important philosopher who lived during the 17th century, therefore
In full rationalism: his philosophy is therefore based a lot on logic, so much so that he identifies God as the geometric order of the world , which manifests itself in the perfection of Nature.
His thought can therefore be condensed in one of his most famous expressions, Deus sive natura: God or Nature .
There are those who claim that Spinoza's God could pronounce these words:
"Stop praying and beating your chest.
Have fun, love, sing and enjoy everything this world can give you.
I don't want you to visit the cold and dark temples that you say are my home!
My home is not in a temple, but in the mountains, in the forests, in the rivers, in the lakes and on the beaches. That's where my home is and that's where I express my love.
Don't be fooled by the written texts that talk about me: if you want to get closer to me, look at a beautiful landscape, try to feel the wind and the heat on your skin.
Don't ask me anything, I don't have the power to change your life, you do.
Don't be afraid, I don't judge and I don't criticize, I don't dispense punishments.
Don't believe those who simplify me into simple rules to follow: those only serve to make you feel inadequate and guilty for what you do, they serve to keep you under control.
Don't always think about the world after death and don't believe that that's where you will know true beauty: this world has so much to offer you. beauty, and it is up to you to discover it.
Don't think that I am giving you rules: you are the only master of life, and you decide what to do with it.
No one can say what comes after death, but facing each day as if it were the last chance to love, to enjoy and to do anything, will help you live better.
I don't want you to believe in me because someone strongly claims that I exist, but I want you to always feel me in you and around you."
