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Episode 93: Aaron Herold - The Democratic Soul

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It's as Impossible to Take Away a Superstition

Spinoza says it's as impossible to take away superstition from people as it is to take away dread or fear. He regards superstition as necessary because, hitei's always going to be human misfortune. Spinoza hopes his book will motivate students in the universitiesto really take that last step and think through this what you could call nationalistic myth.

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