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Essay heading: Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity
 
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This idea was to shed ones “external casualty” (Goldstein, 69) and develop a new identity that is very different from what it used to be. He felt that true philosophical vision could only be achieved after this internal process is properly completed. Therefore, it can be more than assumed that Goldstein’s decision to write about Spinoza’s life in such great detail would be taboo in his eyes and sacrilegious to his cause...
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Therefore, it can be more than assumed that Goldstein’s decision to write about Spinoza’s life in such great detail would be taboo in his eyes and sacrilegious to his cause. To delve further into the discussion of the title would require analyzing Goldstein’s view of the word betrayal itself. His denouncement of the spiritual forces of good and evil, atheistic view of God and smug attitude towards the synagogue may be seen as the most straightforward examples of Spinoza’s treachery...
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