Garry Tan
speaker
1,293 appearances
9 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 7 Aug
Garry Tan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I believe in Spinoza's God, who reveals himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in a God who concerns himself with the fate and doings of mankind.
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The most famous scientist alive asked the biggest question there is.
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Pointed at Spinoza.
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But here's what Baruch Spinoza's own community did to him.
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Amsterdam, july twenty seventh, sixteen fifty six.
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Spinoza is twenty-three years old, a member of a tight knit Sephardic Jewish community.
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He stands in a synagogue while the elders excommunicate him with the most violent curse the community ever produced.
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Cursed be he by day.
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And cursed be he by night.
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Cursed be he when he lies down, and cursed be he when he rises up.
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Nobody may speak to him.
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Nobody may trade with him.
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Nobody may come within four cubits of him.
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Nobody may read anything he writes.
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And this ban, uniquely among the roughly forty bands Spinoza's community issued that century, has no repentance clause.
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It has never been lifted.
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It technically is still in force today.
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Spinoza was twenty-three.
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His crime was evil opinions, expressing forbidden thoughts.
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His punishment was complete deletion from the community.
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